400 medical seats remain vacant in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram: Of the 690 seats which were vacant in medical colleges in the state before the beginning of spot admissions on Wednesday, around 400 remained vacant after the first day of the spot admissions. Many of the students who were allotted seats did not join due to the high fees. The spot admissions concluded on Thursday, the deadline fixed by the MCI for completing the admissions to MBBS courses. The final statistics of the vacant seats has not been officially released.

The managements were not cooperating with the government decisions. Though the government has offered surety for banks to issue Rs 6-lakh guarantee to students selected for the MBBS course in SF colleges, some managements were insisting on guarantees with collateral security. The students also complained that many individual managers were not willing to provide bank guarantees without collateral security though the state-level bankers panel had agreed to do away with security.
Many students were not allowed to take part in the spot admissions as they had cancelled their admissions earlier because of high fees and bank guarantees.