25 July,2016 05:49 PM IST | | Rupsa Chakraborty
Providing relief to post-graduate medical students, the Bombay High Court on Friday stated that students belonging to socially backward classes would be allowed to appear for their examination without any restrictions from the colleges
Providing relief to post-graduate medical students, the Bombay High Court on Friday stated that students belonging to socially backward classes would be allowed to appear for their examination without any restrictions from the colleges.
Mumbai: KEM asks students from socially backward classes to pay up tuition fee
"For the past 2-3 months, authorities were creating problems for students saying if they don't pay fees, they will be debarred from the examination. However, the high court order says nobody will be debarred from the university exams, just two days before the examination," said Dr Sagar Mundada, president of Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD).
On July 18, mid-day highlighted the plight of the students who were sent notices by KEM Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College to submit their tuition fees, failing which their result wouldn't be declared. The court order clarified that the students wouldn't be stopped from appearing in their PG examination just for non-payment of fees.
"It's a big win for us. Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) agrees that as they provide Rs 50,000 as stipend, our annual incomes go to R5.5 lakh, but it has nothing to do with the central rules that excuse fees for students from socially backward classes," said a student.
DMER says
Dr Pravin Shingare, director of DMER said, "We provide all facilities to students. Starting from their stay in hostel to food, everything is free. We also provide a stipend. Now as the order has come, we will follow it."
