Thiruvananthapuram: Huge hike in fees in Christian medical colleges
This is against the proclaimed policy of the LDF for self-financing colleges which wanted reduced fees for government quota seats.
Thiruvananthapuram: The tuition fees for government quota seats in post-graduate medical courses in Christian management colleges will go up by more than hundred percent for 2017-18.
This is following the agreement reached by the state government and the medical colleges under the Kerala Christian Professional College Management Association on Wednesday.
As per the agreement signed between Health Minister K.K. Shyalaja and the managements, the government has approved a uniform fee structure for both government and management quota seats. This is against the proclaimed policy of the LDF for self-financing colleges which wanted reduced fees for government quota seats. The fees structure for the present academic year is as follows: PG degree (clinical): Rs 14 lakh, PG degree (non-clinical): Rs 8.5 lakh, PG diploma: Rs 10.5 lakh, superspeciality: Rs 18.5 lakh.
The fees last year were as follows: Government seats: PG degree (clinical): Rs 6.5 lakh, PG degree (non- clinical): Rs 2.6 lakh. Management seats: PG degree (clinical): Rs 14 lakh, PG degree (non-clinical): Rs 6 lakh, PG diploma: Rs 4.9 lakh, superspeciality: Rs 17.5 lakh. The total number of PG seats in the four medical colleges under the federation is 115.
The colleges are Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thrissur, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College, Kolencherry and Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thiruvalla.