Medical, paramedical seats lie vacant in Gujarat

Updated on: Monday, October 25, 2010

Although admission for medical and paramedical courses in Gujarat was held in four phases, yet several seats in many colleges are still unfilled.

It has left many college administrations and the state education department worried. The Joint Admission Committee for Professional Courses (JACPC) of state education department that conducts the admission process, held three rounds of re-shuffling between October 22 and 24 after the admission formalities were completed.

"The extra rounds of re-shuffling were meant to give more deserving students a chance to follow their choice of careers and to fill up the vacant seats in all colleges. The last round of reshuffling was held for 75 empty seats of Akhandanand Ayurvedic college in Ahmedabad," said an official from JACPC.

Even after the re-shuffling 47 seats were found vacant in physiotherapy colleges and six in homeopathy colleges. Among the 6,130 seats available in various medical and paramedical colleges in the state, 786 are still lying empty, after three rounds of reshuffling.

"The largest number of empty seats is in dental colleges with 172 seats lying vacant. All these seats will now be handed over to the respective college administrations for admissions," the official added.

Medical, paramedical seats lie vacant in Gujarat

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