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Congress says Government bungled on admission law

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A provision could have been made to include PU marks: Kharge

GULBARGA: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee M Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday challenged the contention of the State Government that the decision to take only the marks obtained in Common Entrance Test (CET) for determining the admission to medical and dental courses was because of the Medical Council of India (MCI) norm.

Mr. Kharge said the MCI was not above the Constitution. The MCI directions were issued when there was no law on the admission to professional colleges.

Now with the State Government having its own legislation on the admission, a provision should have been made making it compulsory to consider the marks obtained in the Pre-University and CET as was done earlier for all professional courses, including medical, dental, and engineering courses.

Mr. Kharge said the State Government, which failed in this regard, was now looking for excuses to justify its folly.

He said the Congress had demanded in the Legislative Assembly that the Karnataka Professional Education Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Bill 2006, be referred to the Joint Select Committee for a study to overcome all drawbacks in it.

But an adamant Government ensured the passage of the Bill amidst protests and walkout by the Congress, he added.

Mr. Kharge said the MCI direction on the admission to medical and dental colleges that the State Government should take only marks obtained in the CET was not being implemented by all State governments.

He said in Tamil Nadu both the PU and CET marks were taken into account for awarding ranks in admission to medical and dental courses.

New concept

Mr. Kharge said by introducing a new concept of taking only CET marks for admission to dental and medical courses, the State Government has made the PU examinations irrelevant.

The students would not show interest in excelling in the PU examination since the marks obtained in these examinations would not be taken into account for medical and dental admissions, he said.

He said while the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) was not insisting on taking only the marks obtained in CET for admission to engineering courses, the MCI was insisting on it.

The State Government should have rejected the MCI directions, Mr. Kharge added.

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