BENGALURU: Private medical and dental colleges, which last month said they would not share seats with the Karnataka government as the seat-sharing agreement became invalid after NEET came into effect, may now give admission to CET students.
Sources told STOI the managements are ready to share seats for this year.“However our association will take a final call.“
The first move came from colleges located outside Bengaluru after the government reportedly offered a 5% increase in the NRI quota. At present, the quota is 15%. “Another reason is that the private colleges do not want to antagonize the government and students,“ the sources said.
Higher education minister TB Jayachandra recently said he would sort out the issue with private colleges by holding a meeting with chief minister Siddaramaiah. “Now the issue may not go to the CM; it will be sorted out at the ministers' level itself,'' the sources said.
On May 30, ComedK and the Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation had told the government that they would not share MBBS and BDS seats with CET students.
Meeting on poll day
What surprised everyone was the hurriedly convened meeting by minister TB Jayach andra and medical education minister Sharan Prakash Patil with education department officials even as counting for the Rajya Sabha polls was in progress at Vidhana Soudha on Saturday.