With the Supreme Court’s nod to Karnataka’s plan to conduct a ‘special stray vacancy round’ to fill vacant MBBS seats, and the extension of the admission date till November 15 for undergraduate medical courses, the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) will announce the schedule for the same on Thursday.
As many as 133 management quota medical seats have remained unfilled in Karnataka.
S. Ramya, Executive Director of the KEA, told The Hindu, “On the basis of the Supreme Court’s order and the guidelines by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, we are planning to conduct the special stray vacancy round to fill vacant medical seats in the State and the counselling schedule will be announced on Thursday evening.”
