Pay Rs 35L capitation fee for one MBBS seat
Getting admission in a good medical or engineering college is a big cause of worry for students while parents get a heart attack looking at the hefty capitation fees. With pressure of 12th standard marks and the money involved, the whole process is quite intimidating for the students.
In Indore, the price of an MBBS seat ranges from Rs 30 lakh and 35 lakh while a PG seat stands between Rs 70 lakh to Rs 1.5 crore. The most preferred branches are radiology, orthopedics, dermatology, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology.
TOI had a conversation with Arpit Pandya, educational consultant revealed that in early January, before the exams, some parents have started searching for seats. Dharmesh Rane told to TOI that he has booked a seat for his son in a prestigious college outside the city. He spent Rs 30 lakh for seat and the capitation fee is fixed, no scope for bargaining. Having a single child led parents take such step.
Such clouds of capitation fees will prevail till the declaration of class 12 results and the price could also go up after the announcement of results. Medical colleges are getting more rush than engineering colleges because of the limited number of seats. To get admission in your desired engineering branch, one has to pay between Rs 50,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh for a seat. (Read more)
Traditionally, every year number of students applies for MBBS seats in six medical colleges and those who do not get admission through entrance examination takes the route of MP All India Dental and Medical Admission Test. medical colleges in Southern States are more costly, there a PG degree in Radiology costs at Rs 3 crore.
Yet another educational consultant Kalavathy Amarachelvam told TOI, "Parents begin the search for seats as early as January, even before the board exams begin. Though there is no real paucity of seats, colleges encourage this because they want all their seats to get filled up". Read complete story
The Hindu reported that the government has initiated action against 25 colleges for charging tuition fees in excess of what has been prescribed, Higher Education Minister P. Palaniappan told the Assembly.
Moving the demands for grants for the department, he said that the committee constituted to look into complaints of collection of capitation fee and tuition fee higher than what had been prescribed by the fee fixation committee, conducted enquiries with 74 colleges. Based on the complaints, action was initiated against 25 colleges. Read more
The trend of capitation or excess fee starts from the school level itself. Come admission season, you see harried parents looking for best schools for their wards and ready to pay anything. The DNA reported that Under the Children's Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), the state government has decided to charge errant schools a penalty which is 10 times the amount they ask for.
According to the latest government resolution dated April 21, if any school is caught asking for donation, it will have to appear before a disciplinary committee and will be penalised. Read complete story
Other interesting reads:
- Cabinet has increased the Penalty for Capitation Fee to Rs. 1 crore