Karnataka has got 14,305 medical seats, including 10,260 UG and 4,045 PG seats. KEA is the seat allotment authority in the State and has successfully completed four rounds of seat allotment, including the mop-up round. After the final allotment, 700 UG medical and 1,300 dental, and 600 PG medical and 200 PG dental seats remained unfilled.
2,800 medical, dental seats lying vacant in private colleges in Karnataka: Reports
While the future of several medical students who have returned from Ukraine due to the Russia-Ukraine war is at stake, as many as 2,800 management quota seats for undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) medical and dental seats are lying vacant in various private medical and dental colleges in Karnataka.
In the academic year 2021-22, there was no demand for 700 MBBS seats under management quota. The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has completed its seat allotment process and surrendered unfilled seats to the private medical colleges concerned.
Karnataka has got 14,305 medical seats, including 10,260 UG and 4,045 PG seats. KEA is the seat allotment authority in the State and has successfully completed four rounds of seat allotment, including the mop-up round. After the final allotment, 700 UG medical and 1,300 dental, and 600 PG medical and 200 PG dental seats remained unfilled, the Hindu reported.
One of the main reasons for the low demand for dental courses is the lack of job opportunities, which has to lead to thousands of dental seats remaining vacant every year. In 2020-21 too, around 1,200 management quota BDS and MDS seats remained vacant, while 2021-22, 1,300 BDS and 200 MDS seats were vacant.
The high fees of management quota seats are also one of the reasons. As per the sources, on an average, a private medical colleges fix INR 40 lakh to INR 50 lakh as the fee for each MBBS seat and fees in the topmost colleges can go up to INR 80 lakh. The fees for PG medical seats can cost over INR 1 crore, which explains why 600 PG medical seats were vacant.
The high fees are also what was cited by many students as the reason they chose to pursue medical education in countries outside India, such as Ukraine, Poland, and Kyrgyzstan.
MR Jayaram, Honorary Secretary of Karnataka Private Medical and Dental Colleges Association, said: “Because of the high fees, management quota medical and dental seats remain vacant in some private medical colleges. Colleges should fix affordable fees for students on the basis of infrastructure, quality of education, and facilities. Then, students will opt for them.”
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