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BANGALORE, JULY 18. The contentious professional college seat-sharing arrangement and scholarships for students from weaker sections are likely to be discussed at a meeting convened by the Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh, with private college managements here on Monday. It is learnt that the State Government would try to reason with the managements about the need to stick to a 75-25 seat-sharing ratio in Government's favour. However, in the light of the Supreme Court order on equal sharing, the managements are not expected to make any compromise on this front. When contacted, the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) Chairman, R.L. Jalappa, said there was no question of agreeing for a 75-25 arrangement. "The seat-sharing issue is closed, and I don't think the Government will seek any change," he said. Besides Mr. Jalappa, the Karnataka Private Medical Colleges' Association President, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, the COMEDK Vice-Chairman, M.R. Jayaram, and other college management heads are expected to attend Monday's meeting with the Chief Minister. The managements, the sources said, had prepared some scholarship schemes for students from economically weaker sections. "We will place them before the State Government at the meeting. Let us see what can be worked out," a management representative told this newspaper. Several candidates, who had scored high marks in the Common Entrance Test, were rudely shocked by the CET Cell's cancellation of the admission process after the Supreme Court delivered its verdict. Many general merit candidates, who had been admitted to medical colleges on the basis of the 75-25 ratio, would lose their seat if their turn came after the 50 per cent CET quota is filled. To make matters worse, many candidates had taken only the CET and ignored the parallel COMED-K test. The students were very worried that without a COMED-K ranking, they would not be considered even for a management quota seat. When asked about the fate of these students, a COMED-K representative said the Consortium had prepared a plan for them as well which would be placed before the Government on Monday. However, the representative refused to elaborate. The apex court had ruled that management quota seats could be filled only through an entrance test conducted by an association of the private college managements. About 20,000 candidates had appeared for the COMED-K test.
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