BENGALURU: All available MBBS seats in the state will be lapped up this year, while the number of vacant BDS (bachelor of dental surgery) seats has fallen from 691 last year to 187, the directorate of medical education said, reports Sruthy Susan Ullas.
This year, 11,595 MBBS and 3,405 BDS seats were available in the state through all quotas put together.
The Supreme Court had permitted a special stray vacancy round, earlier this year, to fill up all vacant MBBS/BDS/BSc nursing seats across the country.
In Karnataka, online counselling for special stray vacancy was held from November 7 and all 152 vacant MBBS seats were allotted.
One allotted seat had to be pulled back as the student had secured a spot in the all-India stray vacancy round as well. That seat was put up for allotment on Monday, with 40 students competing for it. Last year, five MBBS seats remained vacant, DME said.
According to DME data, last year, 691 BDS seats out of 2,810, were returned to the managements. This year, the number of vacant seats has fallen to 187, with 33 seats lapped up in the special stray round.The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) conducted allotment of all MBBS and BDS seats, including those under the management quota.
“One of the reasons why all MBBS seats will be filled up this year is the transparency that NMC (National Medical Commission) could bring into the process of counselling by routing admission for all seats through KEA. Earlier, there were informal ways to approach the colleges, which were presumed to be risky,” said Ramya S, executive director, KEA. “Next year, we hope to provide students with more data such as their state rankings and the number of students participating in a certain selection round, so that they can assess their chances of getting a seat,” she added.
Sujatha Rathod, director of medical education, attributed the fall in vacant BDS seats to extra rounds of counselling. “Following the Supreme Court directive, more rounds were permitted and this has led to more seats being picked up,” she explained.
Dr Girish Giraddi, principal, government dental college Bengaluru, said global uncertainties have also resulted in an increase in interest in local colleges.”The Ukraine and Israel wars have had an impact. With global uncertainties, students have started looking at local colleges. Over the last 10 years, interest in BDS was declining. Now, the trend seems to be reversing,” he said.
UGNEET cutoff lowered
The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine has announced the lowering of cutoff for selection by 5 percentile points in UGNEET-2023 for admission to UG AYUSH courses. Eligible candidates can register, submit their applications and pay the fees online from November 11-14 to be eligible to participate in the stray vacancy round for seat allotment.
This year, 11,595 MBBS and 3,405 BDS seats were available in the state through all quotas put together.
The Supreme Court had permitted a special stray vacancy round, earlier this year, to fill up all vacant MBBS/BDS/BSc nursing seats across the country.
In Karnataka, online counselling for special stray vacancy was held from November 7 and all 152 vacant MBBS seats were allotted.
One allotted seat had to be pulled back as the student had secured a spot in the all-India stray vacancy round as well. That seat was put up for allotment on Monday, with 40 students competing for it. Last year, five MBBS seats remained vacant, DME said.
According to DME data, last year, 691 BDS seats out of 2,810, were returned to the managements. This year, the number of vacant seats has fallen to 187, with 33 seats lapped up in the special stray round.The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) conducted allotment of all MBBS and BDS seats, including those under the management quota.
“One of the reasons why all MBBS seats will be filled up this year is the transparency that NMC (National Medical Commission) could bring into the process of counselling by routing admission for all seats through KEA. Earlier, there were informal ways to approach the colleges, which were presumed to be risky,” said Ramya S, executive director, KEA. “Next year, we hope to provide students with more data such as their state rankings and the number of students participating in a certain selection round, so that they can assess their chances of getting a seat,” she added.
Sujatha Rathod, director of medical education, attributed the fall in vacant BDS seats to extra rounds of counselling. “Following the Supreme Court directive, more rounds were permitted and this has led to more seats being picked up,” she explained.
Dr Girish Giraddi, principal, government dental college Bengaluru, said global uncertainties have also resulted in an increase in interest in local colleges.”The Ukraine and Israel wars have had an impact. With global uncertainties, students have started looking at local colleges. Over the last 10 years, interest in BDS was declining. Now, the trend seems to be reversing,” he said.
UGNEET cutoff lowered
The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine has announced the lowering of cutoff for selection by 5 percentile points in UGNEET-2023 for admission to UG AYUSH courses. Eligible candidates can register, submit their applications and pay the fees online from November 11-14 to be eligible to participate in the stray vacancy round for seat allotment.