Admission row in NRI quota

Medical admission in Maharashtra
is under a cloud again this time over admissions into NRI
quota.

A week after the body that monitors admission process held that
17 colleges had flouted rules while admitting students – the Nagpur
bench has given the private medical colleges a clean chit.

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has held that wards
of NRI’s qualify for admission under the NRI quota in these colleges.

Last week the admission of these students was cancelled by the
Pravesh Niyantran Samiti, a body that looks into admission process
of medical and dental colleges.

According to the Samiti, the 17 colleges were admitting many
students who did not fall in the NRI category in exchange for
hefty fees – running into lakhs of rupees.

Qualification row

The Samiti says that according to the Supreme Court only children
of NRI
parents can qualify for admission under NRI quota.

But the court has held that even "wards" that is children
sponsored by NRI’s qualify.

The reason why the private medical and dental colleges have moved
so fast in this matter is because its only in this quota that
they can charge the fees they want, otherwise they have to adhere
to a prescribed fee structure.

And if they are unable to find the right candidates to these
seats they are transferred to the general category.

So its now upto the Pravesh Niyantran Samiti whether to accept
the order or go in appeal against it.

Source: http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Admission+row+in+
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