Kerala: Low stipend to PG students being probed by IMA
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Kerala: The State working committee of IMA is determined to resolve the issue of the low stipend given to house surgeons and PG students in self-financed institutes. The association has decided to intervene in the matter, on behalf of the PG students and house surgeons in all private medical colleges in Kerala. It will do so by approaching the State government and the MCI over the issue.
Orders have been issued by the state for providing stipend in different slabs. Rs.43,000, Rs.44,000 and Rs.45,000 is provided as a fixed stipend for the month for the first, second and third year respectively. Some colleges, however, do not provide students even close to the designated slabs. It may be as low as Rs 5,000 for some PG students in the state.
According to information collected by Dr. Jinesh P.S., who was a former State executive member of the Kerala State Post Graduate Students Association, and postgraduate students in various colleges, one of the medical colleges in the State pays Rs.5,000 as stipend to all PG students in all three years. There are others which pay Rs.22,000 while the Pariyaram college is said to be paying Rs.32,000, Rs.33,000 and Rs.34,000 respectively for the three years of the PG course.
Orders have been issued by the state for providing stipend in different slabs. Rs.43,000, Rs.44,000 and Rs.45,000 is provided as a fixed stipend for the month for the first, second and third year respectively. Some colleges, however, do not provide students even close to the designated slabs. It may be as low as Rs 5,000 for some PG students in the state.
According to information collected by Dr. Jinesh P.S., who was a former State executive member of the Kerala State Post Graduate Students Association, and postgraduate students in various colleges, one of the medical colleges in the State pays Rs.5,000 as stipend to all PG students in all three years. There are others which pay Rs.22,000 while the Pariyaram college is said to be paying Rs.32,000, Rs.33,000 and Rs.34,000 respectively for the three years of the PG course.
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