Admissions in 8 medical & 15 dental colleges have not
started even 2 months has passed after the announcement of NEET result. Classes
of MBBS & BDS in neighboring states
have already started, the Medical Education Department, Punjab is yet to
announce the date for starting the counselling for the first round of
admission. According to DK Tiwari, principal secretary, Medical Education
Department “Delay in counselling was due to some court cases. Now after getting
a legal opinion, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences will start the
counselling. But Dr.Arvind Sharma, Registrar, BHUHS said that university would
start the counselling after notification from the Medical Education Department
is released.
On 24th July, The Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed
the Medical Education Department to issue a fresh notification providing 1%
reservation/quota for children/grandchildren of victims of terrorism in all
private unaided, non-minority medical and dental colleges. Till date, no
notification has been released by the department.
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