Medical colleges get 250 more seats
The government has increased 50 more seats at a public medical college from 2010-2011 academic sessions to provide meritorious students a scope to study medicine.
“A total of 50 seats have been added at Jessore Medical College. Another 200 seats will be added at private medical colleges from the same session," said Khandaker Md Shefayet Ullah, director of Medical Education and Health Manpower Development under the health ministry.
Now, the total number of seats at all 18 public medical colleges has increased to 2,227 and to 3,550 at 43 private medical colleges, said the director.
Despite the increase, around 24,000 qualified students will not get scope to study at both private and public medical colleges due to seat limitation.
The form distribution and submission for MBBS admission course of the session ended yesterday. The examination is due to be held on October 22. Number of candidates for the year increased to 43,644 from last year's 35,000.
The government has increased the seats to fulfil the growing demand of doctors at home and abroad, he said.
In 2008, the government increased 100 seats at four medical colleges.
Set as quota, 20 seats are reserved for indigenous community students, 80 for foreigners and two percent of the total seats for children of freedom fighters.
The government is also planning to allow an increase in the number of seats at private medical colleges.
In this regard, the ministry formed a private medical education scrutinising committee headed by Dr Shefayet.
Yesterday the committee visited three private medical colleges and sent recommendations to the ministry to allow an increase of 200 seats at these institutions.
The colleges are Addin Women's Medical College, Community Medical College and Shahid Monsur Ali Medical College.
Two new private medical colleges, Shamorita Medical College and Square Medical College, got primary approval to start academic activities from January 2011.
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