Mangaluru: Minority (Christian and Muslim) MBBS/dental aspirants looking for admissions in religious/linguistic minority institutions were left in the lurch because of Karnataka Examination Authority’s (KEA) new rule on homestead criteria of religious minorities.
The new tenet says whoever desires to take admission beneath religious minority quota in religious minority medical institutions, needs to be a homestead of Karnataka for at least 10 years. They must additionally produce necessary paperwork of the same. This rule will purpose a number of aspirants to be denied quota seats in religious minority institutions in Karnataka.
Take the instance of Ayisha (identify modified), who hails from Surathkal in Mangaluru. She completed her magnificence X in Saudi Arabia in a CBSE college, and her plus two in Bengaluru. Since her NEET rankings are low, she needs to take admission beneath religious minority quota in a Mangaluru-based faculty. “When I went to the KEA, the authentic there advised me that I can't take admission beneath this quota, since I don’t fulfil the homestead requirement, and he despatched me back,” she expressed whilst speaking to TOI.
It may be a similar case with Fathimath, every other NEET pupil. She studied up to Class X in Abu Dhabi and plus two in India. “I wondered the authentic that if different non-Karnataka residents can take admission beneath linguistic and non secular minority quota in our state, then why are we denied it, although we now have all paperwork recorded in Karnataka,” she recalled telling the authentic, including that the irked officers requested her to depart the place.
Another pupil, who studied all this whilst in Karnataka, additionally confronted a similar downside, the place a letter from the tahsildar, confirming religious minority status (2B Category), didn't display up in the machine. However, the technical glitch used to be rectified on Tuesday afternoon.
In Karnataka, one of the crucial religious minority institutions include: Fr Muller’s Medical College, Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Al-Ameen Medical College and Khaja Banda Nawaz Institute of Medical Sciences.
Technical glitch
Meanwhile, one of the crucial minority scholars are going through problems because of technical glitches. Sameera, an medical aspirant, said she has updated her CET and NEET rank in the web page. However, whilst taking printouts of the NEET and CET marksheets, simplest the CET marksheet showed that she is religious minority, whilst the other marksheet failed to mention it. “Since there's a mismatch in paperwork, I am these days no longer eligible for any seat,” she expressed.
Umar U H, who runs a occupation steering centre and data centre in the town, said the KEA will have to no longer take things flippantly, as it's the query of the future of scholars, which is now at stake because of the guideline on homestead criteria. “If they don’t get admission this yr, aspirants either need to sacrifice twelve months, or take the subject to courtroom,” he said.
SN Gangadharaiah, administrative officer, KEA, used to be no longer available for comment.
The new tenet says whoever desires to take admission beneath religious minority quota in religious minority medical institutions, needs to be a homestead of Karnataka for at least 10 years. They must additionally produce necessary paperwork of the same. This rule will purpose a number of aspirants to be denied quota seats in religious minority institutions in Karnataka.
Take the instance of Ayisha (identify modified), who hails from Surathkal in Mangaluru. She completed her magnificence X in Saudi Arabia in a CBSE college, and her plus two in Bengaluru. Since her NEET rankings are low, she needs to take admission beneath religious minority quota in a Mangaluru-based faculty. “When I went to the KEA, the authentic there advised me that I can't take admission beneath this quota, since I don’t fulfil the homestead requirement, and he despatched me back,” she expressed whilst speaking to TOI.
It may be a similar case with Fathimath, every other NEET pupil. She studied up to Class X in Abu Dhabi and plus two in India. “I wondered the authentic that if different non-Karnataka residents can take admission beneath linguistic and non secular minority quota in our state, then why are we denied it, although we now have all paperwork recorded in Karnataka,” she recalled telling the authentic, including that the irked officers requested her to depart the place.
Another pupil, who studied all this whilst in Karnataka, additionally confronted a similar downside, the place a letter from the tahsildar, confirming religious minority status (2B Category), didn't display up in the machine. However, the technical glitch used to be rectified on Tuesday afternoon.
In Karnataka, one of the crucial religious minority institutions include: Fr Muller’s Medical College, Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Al-Ameen Medical College and Khaja Banda Nawaz Institute of Medical Sciences.
Technical glitch
Meanwhile, one of the crucial minority scholars are going through problems because of technical glitches. Sameera, an medical aspirant, said she has updated her CET and NEET rank in the web page. However, whilst taking printouts of the NEET and CET marksheets, simplest the CET marksheet showed that she is religious minority, whilst the other marksheet failed to mention it. “Since there's a mismatch in paperwork, I am these days no longer eligible for any seat,” she expressed.
Umar U H, who runs a occupation steering centre and data centre in the town, said the KEA will have to no longer take things flippantly, as it's the query of the future of scholars, which is now at stake because of the guideline on homestead criteria. “If they don’t get admission this yr, aspirants either need to sacrifice twelve months, or take the subject to courtroom,” he said.
SN Gangadharaiah, administrative officer, KEA, used to be no longer available for comment.
KEA’s 10-year domicile criteria for religious minorities leaves aspirants in lurch
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