Govt decision on medical admission
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The government's recent decision of not taking admission test to select deserving students for admission into medical college has created mixed-reactions among intellectuals, educationists, guardians, teachers and students. The health minister made it clear that candidates would be selected based on their SSC and HSC results, replacing the existing system of competitive admission test. The government has come up with this idea to put an end to coaching business, thereby restricting many eligible candidates from getting admitted. From our previous experience, we know that a lot of non-A+ holders made their way to famous institutions like government medical colleges, public universities and so on, based on their individual merit. What will now happen to these otherwise meritorious students/ Why can't we stop coaching centres? Why do we have to deprive the innocent brilliant students? If coaching centres are bagging money from the candidates in the name of admission preparation, what about bringing their immoral business to a halt, imposing existing laws? Agreed, it is difficult but not impossible. With a total capacity of around 2200 seats available in government . medical colleges, the number of candidates with GPA - 5 in both SSC and HSC--are at least ten times the seats available. Even the number of golden GPA holders are more than the seats available. So what to do? Selecting them based on their age? What, under the sun, can be more ridiculous than this? The proposed process in turn will result in corruption, commotion and discrimination. To ensure a transparent and just admission procedure, admission test is a must.
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