Bengaluru, Dec 9: The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Fee Regulatory Committee to look into the complaint of an MBBS student who said she was forced to surrender her seat as the Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangaluru, demanded excess fee.
A division bench of Justices Jayant M Patel and P S Dinesh Kumar gave the direction after hearing a letter by the father of the student, Sahana. The bench directed the Department of Medical Education (DME) and the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) to compile the complaint made by the student on October 17, 2016. It also directed the committee to complete the enquiry by February 7, 2017, and submit its report to the DME and the KEA before February 10, 2017.
In her complaint letter to the KEA, Sahana stated that she was forced to withdraw her admission as the college demanded a fee of Rs 5-6 lakh every year. She could not meet the demand and decided to surrender her admission, she added.
“In our prima facie view, the attempt on the part of the college management if considered in the light of complaint made by the student, it can be termed as not only unethical but would also result into demand of more fees and there by compelling the student to surrender the admission which would also be against the standards to be maintained by any medical college in the field of education (sic),” the bench observed.
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its not only problem of the particular college which even did not get the approval of MCI but most of the medical and dental colleges in Mangalore exploiting the students for more money in the name of donation thru their commission agent even after qualifying in NEET. Govt. has to set strict guidelines to all the medical and dental colleges about the fees, if they not comply immediate action to be taken according to the law, regardless of their (false) status in the society.
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