Several people’s representatives, academicians and medical experts have urged the Union and State governments to establish more medical colleges with affordable fee structure so that the students hailing from the middle class families will be able to pursue their UG and PG medical courses here itself instead of going to far-off destinations.
‘Huge burden’
Asserting that medical education has become out of bounds for the middle class families, they say that the private medical colleges are collecting around ₹15 lakh per year for a ‘B’ category seat and more than ₹25 lakh per year for a ‘C’ category seat. The private colleges, which allocate 50% of their seats for the Convener Quota (‘A’ category), are allowed to fill the remaining seats under the ‘B’ and ‘C’ categories.
