The fee for various courses in state
medical colleges is all set for a revision. Punjab Minister for Medical
Education Chunni Lal Bhagat has constituted a four-member committee to
decide the new fee structure.
Headed by Dr KK Talwar, honorary adviser to the Punjab Government for Health and Medical Education, the panel will meet on Sunday and take a call on the revised fee structure, which has been submitted by the Director, Medical Education and Research.
The members of the committee are Vini Mahajan, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare; Dr Tejveer Singh, Director, Medical Education and Research and Dr SS Gill, Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.
The panel has been formed following a persistent demand by private medical colleges for a hike in tuition fee. The demand is to raise the average fee of each seat to Rs 7.5 lakh per year from the existing Rs 2.75 lakh a year.
Currently, 50 per cent of the total seats in various colleges are filled through the open quota. The feel in this category is Rs 1.5 lakh per annum. The management quota comprises 35 per cent of the total seats, which entails Rs 4 lakh annual fee. The remaining 15 per cent seats fall in the NRI category, with the per year fee touching around one lakh US dollars (around Rs 60 lakh). The NRI quota seats, however, largely remain unfilled and are shifted to the open quota.
Adesh Foundation chairman Dr HS Gill said, “Raising the fee is a must if private medical colleges have to survive. Haryana is already charging an average Rs 5.75 lakh per seat annually. The government should either permit us to charge Rs 7.5 lakh per student per annum or allow us to manage admissions in 50 per cent of the seats according to our own conditions.” Or else, he said, the government should support them financially, as was the case with private government medical colleges. “Only then can the fee remain low. Moreover, the colleges, as per a 2006 notification, were to be allowed a hike every three years,” he added.
Headed by Dr KK Talwar, honorary adviser to the Punjab Government for Health and Medical Education, the panel will meet on Sunday and take a call on the revised fee structure, which has been submitted by the Director, Medical Education and Research.
The members of the committee are Vini Mahajan, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare; Dr Tejveer Singh, Director, Medical Education and Research and Dr SS Gill, Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.
The panel has been formed following a persistent demand by private medical colleges for a hike in tuition fee. The demand is to raise the average fee of each seat to Rs 7.5 lakh per year from the existing Rs 2.75 lakh a year.
Currently, 50 per cent of the total seats in various colleges are filled through the open quota. The feel in this category is Rs 1.5 lakh per annum. The management quota comprises 35 per cent of the total seats, which entails Rs 4 lakh annual fee. The remaining 15 per cent seats fall in the NRI category, with the per year fee touching around one lakh US dollars (around Rs 60 lakh). The NRI quota seats, however, largely remain unfilled and are shifted to the open quota.
Adesh Foundation chairman Dr HS Gill said, “Raising the fee is a must if private medical colleges have to survive. Haryana is already charging an average Rs 5.75 lakh per seat annually. The government should either permit us to charge Rs 7.5 lakh per student per annum or allow us to manage admissions in 50 per cent of the seats according to our own conditions.” Or else, he said, the government should support them financially, as was the case with private government medical colleges. “Only then can the fee remain low. Moreover, the colleges, as per a 2006 notification, were to be allowed a hike every three years,” he added.
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