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Wednesday, Jun 15, 2005

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Central law on admissions likely: Manjunath

Staff Reporter

`Seat sharing agreement is only for the current academic year'

HIGH-LEVEL SUPERVISION: The Higher Education Minister, D. Manjunath, speaking to the Special Officer of the Common Entrance Test Cell, D.N. Nayak, and a physically challenged candidate who participated in the seat selection process, on the cell premi ses in Bangalore on Tuesday. — Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash

BANGALORE: All the 12 medical seats, two dental seats and four seats in the Indian Systems of Medicine course which were on offer were taken by physically challenged candidates under the special category on the first day of the Common Entrance Test (CET) seat selection here on Tuesday.

Till late evening, about 60 of the 123 engineering seats on offer under the quota for disabled candidates were chosen.

The Higher Education Minister, D. Manjunath, who visited the CET Cell, told presspersons that there will be no change in the agreement between the Government and private college managements to share seats equally.

The agreement is only for seat sharing in the current academic year, he added.

"There won't be any problem from the next academic year as the Centre is likely to come out with legislation on admissions to professional colleges," Mr. Manjunath said.

According to officials from the Office of the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, who were present during the medical examination and seat selection process, 28 of the 157 orthopaedically handicapped candidates who underwent medical examination were found not eligible to appear for the seat selection process.

Of the 22 hearing impaired candidates, seven were not eligible for counselling; of the 26 visually impaired candidates, six did not qualify.

The parents of many candidates said they are disappointed with the seat-sharing formula arrived at by the Government and the private college managements.

They felt that the government quota should be at least 60 per cent.

The first candidate to be allotted a medical seat was Ravindra Mudiyannavara of Haveri district, who scored 96.33 per cent in the pre-university examination and secured CET rankings of 1,017 in the medical stream and 5,761 in the engineering stream. He selected Mysore Medical College.

The seat selection for sports category will commence on Wednesday.

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