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20 nursing colleges, 251 schools to admit students

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High Court modifies April 19 order

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday permitted 251 nursing schools and 20 nursing colleges to admit students for the 2007-08 courses scheduled to commence in a few months from now.

The court modified its April 19, 2007 order in which it had restrained 477 nursing institutions from admitting students for 2007-08. A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Cyriac Joseph and Justice B.S. Patil, in an interim order, said it had modified its earlier order after the Karnataka State Nursing Council and the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) inspected the institutions and filed reports.

The Bench was dealing with a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) petition after the acting chairperson of the Kerala Human Rights Commission, Mohan Kumar, had written to the court on the plight of students from Kerala who had taken admission to nursing institutions in the State.

In its detailed order, the Bench said, "477 nursing institutions have been restrained from admitting students this year unless they seek the approval from the Karnataka State Nursing Council (KSNC) as per Section 23 of the KSNC Act and the Karnataka State Nurses and Midwives Act, 1961".

It said the RGUHS and KSNC had filed reports after inspecting the institutions. Of the 512 nursing schools approved by the State Government between 2003 and 2006, 251 of them had obtained KSNC approval for recognition. The KSNC had also resolved to reduce the intake of 101 of the 251 schools.

It said the RGUHS had filed a status report stating that it had decided to continue affiliation to 20 colleges. The university also filed a report on the five colleges facing threat of de-recognition.

The Bench made it clear that nursing institutions not restrained by its earlier order are free to make admissions and that the order would only apply to colleges and schools that have come before the court.

The nursing institutions were asked not to admit students in excess of the intake specified by the KSNC and they were asked to obtain within three months (from Wednesday) suitability certificates from the Indian Nursing Council (INC).

It said the permission to admit students had been given subject to the condition that the institutions shall comply with the terms and conditions granting provisional recognition to them.

RGUHS and KSNC were asked to file reports before the court. The Bench adjourned further hearing on the case.

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