THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state may approve the decision to make admissions in medical undergraduate and postgraduate courses entirely through central common admission counseling. This is in a situation where there is not much opposition from other states.
At present, for 85 percent of MBBS and 50 percent of Medical PG seats the admissions are done by the State Entrance Commissioner. All seats in self-supporting medical colleges, including NRI quota, are under state allotment. The National Medical Commission has informed the government that admission to all seats in MBBS, MD, MS, and Diploma courses will be taken up.
Counseling for NEET PG qualifiers will start soon. The NEET UG exam is on May 7th. Since half of the seats in PG courses are currently allotted by the center, it is certain that the center will take up all the PG admissions this year. Four allotments for MBBS (Round 1, 2, Mop Up, and Stray Vacancy) will disappear if the central allotment comes. All students can participate in the first round. Those who have done option registration can participate in the second round. Those who have given up their seats after getting admission in the first rounds and those who have given an option in the first round but have not got the allotment later, can give a fresh option in the mop-up round. Seats remaining vacant after the mop-up round will be filled in the stray vacancy round. Admissions at the college level in the vacant seats will also be canceled along with these rounds. The mode of central allotment has not been fixed.
Reservation quota will be a problem