<p>On Tuesday, allegations were levelled that quite a few students who got seats through the All India Post Graduate Medical/Dental Entrance Examination (AIPGMEE) at lower fees were attempting to ‘grab’ seats through the entrance test conducted by Comed-K. <br /><br />Comed-K executive secretary Dr S Kumar said: “Like every year, there is a lot of anxiety among parents and students about seat grabbing by candidates who have already taken a seat in the All India entrance exam. We tried to pacify them saying that the students have to issue a surrender letter, if they are forfeiting the seat. Despite this, the protesters did not let the counselling continue”. <br /><br />One candidate, on condition of anonymity, said colleges were paying students to take up seats in the colleges during counselling, and then surrender them after the conclusion of counselling. Comed-K officials had offered a committee of students and parents to observe the proceedings, but that did not pacify them. Kumar said considering that the protesters were not pacified, the counselling was postponed.<br /><br />A meeting of the private medical and dental colleges association will be held on Wednesday to decide on changes to the counselling process. Comed-K will also collect details of miscellaneous fees from colleges and put them up on its website. <br /><br />“There are some errors in the seat matrix received from the colleges. We will try and get them rectified too,” added Kumar.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, allegations were levelled that quite a few students who got seats through the All India Post Graduate Medical/Dental Entrance Examination (AIPGMEE) at lower fees were attempting to ‘grab’ seats through the entrance test conducted by Comed-K. <br /><br />Comed-K executive secretary Dr S Kumar said: “Like every year, there is a lot of anxiety among parents and students about seat grabbing by candidates who have already taken a seat in the All India entrance exam. We tried to pacify them saying that the students have to issue a surrender letter, if they are forfeiting the seat. Despite this, the protesters did not let the counselling continue”. <br /><br />One candidate, on condition of anonymity, said colleges were paying students to take up seats in the colleges during counselling, and then surrender them after the conclusion of counselling. Comed-K officials had offered a committee of students and parents to observe the proceedings, but that did not pacify them. Kumar said considering that the protesters were not pacified, the counselling was postponed.<br /><br />A meeting of the private medical and dental colleges association will be held on Wednesday to decide on changes to the counselling process. Comed-K will also collect details of miscellaneous fees from colleges and put them up on its website. <br /><br />“There are some errors in the seat matrix received from the colleges. We will try and get them rectified too,” added Kumar.</p>
