AFRC to start discussion on revised medical fees on Tuesday
KOCHI: The newly formed Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (AFRC) has send notices to the private medical and dental colleges to be present before the commission on Tuesday for a hearing on the fees to be charged from students for academic year 2019-20.
“The colleges have already submitted the revised fee structure. We will be hearing them and verifying the documents. Within 10 days we will decide on the revised fee structure,” said a member of AFRC.
There was a delay in constituting AFRC and it was only on Friday that the Governor approved the notification for the constitution of the new AFRC. Due to this, Commissioner of Entrance Examinations on June 29 opened the registration option to MBBS courses both in private and government medical colleges. The private managements have objected to this. Health minister K K Shailaja held a meeting with private managements on Monday evening to break the deadlock and reach at an amicable fee structure. However, majority of private managements stuck to their demand of revised fees as submitted by them to the government in November 2018.
Any student who registers in a private medical college is clearly informed while registering itself that, “The fee structure being shown in respect of self -financing medical and dental colleges is that of the previous year, as this year's fee has not been fixed so far. Once the AFRC fixes this year's fee structure, and, if it's different from that of the previous year, candidates taking admission in self -financing medical or dental colleges will be bound to accept the revised fee structure”. CEE has added that at the time of admission, candidate will have to execute a bond with the concerned college authority to the effect that they will accept the fee structure if revised by the AFRC, and pay the fee accordingly.
Meanwhile, CEE on Monday included DM WIMS also to the list of medical colleges that the students can apply to. This was after they got certificate from Medical Council of India. However, the allotment to the college will be subject to approval from concerned university.
“The colleges have already submitted the revised fee structure. We will be hearing them and verifying the documents. Within 10 days we will decide on the revised fee structure,” said a member of AFRC.
There was a delay in constituting AFRC and it was only on Friday that the Governor approved the notification for the constitution of the new AFRC. Due to this, Commissioner of Entrance Examinations on June 29 opened the registration option to MBBS courses both in private and government medical colleges. The private managements have objected to this. Health minister K K Shailaja held a meeting with private managements on Monday evening to break the deadlock and reach at an amicable fee structure. However, majority of private managements stuck to their demand of revised fees as submitted by them to the government in November 2018.
Any student who registers in a private medical college is clearly informed while registering itself that, “The fee structure being shown in respect of self -financing medical and dental colleges is that of the previous year, as this year's fee has not been fixed so far. Once the AFRC fixes this year's fee structure, and, if it's different from that of the previous year, candidates taking admission in self -financing medical or dental colleges will be bound to accept the revised fee structure”. CEE has added that at the time of admission, candidate will have to execute a bond with the concerned college authority to the effect that they will accept the fee structure if revised by the AFRC, and pay the fee accordingly.
Meanwhile, CEE on Monday included DM WIMS also to the list of medical colleges that the students can apply to. This was after they got certificate from Medical Council of India. However, the allotment to the college will be subject to approval from concerned university.
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