Paramedical, nursing university to come up in Karnataka

Updated on: Tuesday, January 03, 2012

A paramedical and nursing university is expected to start functioning in Karnataka from 2012-13, Medical Education Minister S A Ramadass said.

A panel headed by noted cardiologist Devi Shetty has already submitted its recommendations, which are being studied by another committee constituted by the Government, expected to finalise its report by month-end, he told reporters here.
   
It would then be placed before the Cabinet for approval, Ramadass said.
   
The Minister also said a legal notice had been issued to Shivappa, Secretary of the "Forum for Justice" for alleging that he (Ramadass) had taken a bribe of Rs two crore for appointing Dr M Vijaya Kumar as Director of the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology here.
   
Meanwhile, following allegations of malpractices during last year's PGCET for admissions into the medical courses, the state government has decided to scrap all PGCET exam centres outside Bangalore.
     
The PGCET for the next academic year is scheduled on January 29 and it would be held only in Bangalore. Earlier, the PGCET used to be conducted in 11 centres in the state.
     
This apart, the government has also proposed several measures to curb examination malpractices, including installation of CCTVs at all examination centres, videographing of opening of question papers and collection of answer sheets, scanning of OMR Sheets and collection of biometric details of candidates.
    
The collection of bio-metric details would help identify 'proxy' candidates at the time of counselling. "We will compare the biometric details of every candidate at the time of counselling", he added.
   
Ramadass said the CID, probing alleged malpractices in last year's PGCET would file the chargesheet against all 25 accused in the High Court in a day or two.

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