Bangalore, Mangalore:
Eighteen-year-old Deepika Pratap was looking forward to the first day of her MBBS course in the KS Hegde Academy of Medical Sciences. The seat had been allotted to her under the government merit quota. But then she was told by the college - sorry, no seat.
Deepika is among the 50 students whose fate is in limbo after two colleges - K S Hegde and Yenepoya in Karnataka - refused to take in students allotted to them under the state government's Common Entrance Test. The colleges declined to react to the issue.
"All of us are in shock. I am left with nothing. We earned our government seat. It's not fair on their part to refuse us the seat," said Deepika.
The two colleges, now deemed universities, claim they are under no obligation to honour the state government quota. An MoU signed by them says otherwise. The government threatens action; but the parents say, threats are just not enough.
"They have to give, that's all. Otherwise those colleges will not be considered in our state," said Ramachandra Gowda, Medical Education Minister, Karnataka.
"These 50 children, their rights should be protected and they should get in the same college which is their due right. Nobody is doing us any favour," said Dr Baliga, parent of MBBS aspirant.
Whether due to a communication gap or willful violation of admission rules, the fate of these medical students now hangs in balance. The government needs to intervene quickly, or these aspiring doctors stand to lose one precious year of study.
Deepika is among the 50 students whose fate is in limbo after two colleges - K S Hegde and Yenepoya in Karnataka - refused to take in students allotted to them under the state government's Common Entrance Test. The colleges declined to react to the issue.
"All of us are in shock. I am left with nothing. We earned our government seat. It's not fair on their part to refuse us the seat," said Deepika.
The two colleges, now deemed universities, claim they are under no obligation to honour the state government quota. An MoU signed by them says otherwise. The government threatens action; but the parents say, threats are just not enough.
"They have to give, that's all. Otherwise those colleges will not be considered in our state," said Ramachandra Gowda, Medical Education Minister, Karnataka.
"These 50 children, their rights should be protected and they should get in the same college which is their due right. Nobody is doing us any favour," said Dr Baliga, parent of MBBS aspirant.
Whether due to a communication gap or willful violation of admission rules, the fate of these medical students now hangs in balance. The government needs to intervene quickly, or these aspiring doctors stand to lose one precious year of study.
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