Separate counselling for MBBS, BDS students In order to make the MBBS admission process trouble-free, the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) has decided to conduct separate counselling sessions for aspirants of MBBS and Bachelors of Dental Surgeon (BDS) this year. The counselling for MBBS is scheduled to begin on July 8 and continue till July 14. The schedule for BDS counselling has not been decided yet. This year, the DME has decided to follow the national eligibility-cum-entrance exam (NEET), counselling for which is slated for Thursday. A DME official said, "This year, we have decided to conduct the counselling separately as that would held students decide which stream to choose" He said there are a total of 626 seats in five medical colleges of the state. However, 123 seats will be allotted under different quotas like central pool and allocation to other NE states. The state will get 503 seats for admission from the CEE. He said, in post-graduation there are 283 seats, out of which 50 per cent seats are reserved for students from the state. "As the test was conducted nationwide, it would be difficult for us to tell you the exact number of students who have qualified. We would know that only after counselling begins. General category students, who have secured 50 per cent marks, will qualify, while for reserved category students, it is 40 per cent," he added. B Barooah Cancer Hospital and Research Institute has signed an MoU with the DME for allotting a post-graduation seat in the radiotherapy department. He said B Barooah has asked the DME to provide one seat in radiotherapy. There are two seats each in emergency medicine and pulmonary medicine departments, as well. Source: bit.ly/12siZVC
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 10:50:56 +0000