A total of 150 students admitted to the course for each of the academic years 2013-14 and 2014-15, though still studying at the college are in doubt as to what their future may hold. Those hoping to get admission to the course for this academic year would have to wait. according to Dean Pradeep Naik, who said he had not ruled out the extra seats.
Nithin Govekar (name changed), a third year student who is one of the provisional students from the batch of 2013-14 said he was wary of the outcome once he completes his course “Sure I’ve gotten admission to the MBBS course, but because I’m one of the provisional students, I’m not sure what will happen,” he said.
Govekar is aware of speculation that the 50 provisional students would be allowed to work only in Goa while the rest would be allowed to work anywhere in the country.
Rubbishing these rumors, Naik said the seats were approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI) as well as the Health ministry. “As far as I know the provisional seats of 2013-14 and 2014-15 were approved by the authorities concerned and those students will complete their course and will be treated like the rest of the batch,” said Naik.
Contrary to recent reports of reduction in seats from 150 to 100 this year, Naik also said they had not received any positive or negative feedback from the MCI and are still awaiting permissions for this academic year.
“It is not that we are not going to take 150 students this year. We are still awaiting permissions for the provisional 50 seats and until that permission comes, we will have to wait. We are hopeful to get the required permissions this year. But that does not affect the students who were given provisional admissions in the last two years,” he said.
But with the required infrastructure still incomplete, the students themselves complain of classes being crowded. “The infrastructure is still incomplete and therefore we sometimes do feel classes tend to get crowded,” said a student.
