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Medical colleges cannot charge 5 years fee for 4.5 years MBBS course: High Court

Hyderabad: In a major respite to MBBS students, the Telangana High Court has recently declared the state’s permission as “arbitrary and illegal” wherein it allowed the private medical colleges to collect MBBS fee for 5 years while the course's duration is 4.5 years. Warning the concerned private medical colleges that stringent action could be initiated against them under the Andhra...
“Such presumption is wholly without any basis because only some of the students might fail and require to be provided additional study period, but on that account all students cannot be charged tuition fee for five years when the course of study as fixed by the Medical Council of India is only four-and-a-half years."Terming the decision to allow the collection of fees for an extra half-a-year as “baffling”, the bench stated that it was most unfortunate on part of the TAFRC, whose duty it is to protect the interests of students and to ensure that they are not overcharged by the private unaided professional institutions, reports Deccan Chronicle.
“It was unfortunate that rules framed under GO MS No. 6 of Higher Education did not provide an opportunity either to students or parents association before the TAFRC decides upon the contentions of private medical colleges association. …This deprives students and parents of any scope to protect their interests over fee fixation.. …Neither the State government nor TAFRC seem to be bothered about this serious omission in the rules.The TAFRC contended that, in the combined state of AP and new state of Telangana, fee was being collected for five years. Supporting the TAFRC’s recommendation for collection of fee for five years, the government filed an affidavit stating that medical colleges would not charge extra for medicos who have to undergo classes for six more months due to securing less than 35% marks in internal assessment or those failing in final examination, reports Hindu. In the order, the bench asserted that any violation shall stipulate action under the AP Educational Institutions (Regulation of admission and prohibition of capitation fee) Act, 1983 against the private medical colleges, adds TNIE. The Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act, 1983 provides for regulation of admission into Educational Institutions and to prohibit the collection of Capitation Fee in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Medical Dialogues had recently reported that pointing towards the increasing inflation rate and institutional expenses, the Private Medical and Dental Colleges Association in the state has pressed for a 5 percent fee hike in MBBS and BDS courses citing that the last increase was made in 2016. This comes at a time when the Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC) is going to revise the fees for these UG courses. Read Also: Telangana Private medical colleges demand MBBS, BDS fee hike; medicos appeal for rebate
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Garima joined Medical Dialogues in the year 2017 and is currently working as a Senior Editor. She looks after all the Healthcare news pertaining to Medico-legal cases, MCI/DCI decisions, Medical Education issues, government policies as well as all the news and updates concerning Medical and Dental Colleges in India. She is a graduate from Delhi University and pursuing MA in Journalism and Mass Communication. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in Contact no. 011-43720751