SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, April 4: The Jharkhand Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (JCECEB) has extended the date for mop-up round admission on 28 vacant MBBS seats of state quota in its five medical colleges.
A principal of one of the medical colleges said that as per the new notification of the JCECEB, the mop-up-round admission will be now held from April 8 to April 10. If seats still remain vacant, they will be filled up based on the merit list from April 10 to April 13.
Earlier, the JCECEB had fixed mop-up round admission from March 29 to April 3 and now it has been re-organized from April 5 to April 8.
After the second round of admission, which concluded on March 29, a total of 33 seats including state and all India quota are left unfilled.
Now, the mop-up round admission would be held for 5 state quota seats in Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College Hospital (SNMMCH) Dhanbad, 6 seats of Phulo Jhano Medical College Hospital (PJMCH) Dumka, 8 seats of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MMGMMCH) Jamshedpur, 2 seats of Medinirai Medical College Hospital (MMCH) Palamu and 7 seats of Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) Hazaribagh.
The officials said that besides 28 seats of state quota, five seats of all India quota are also vacant in three medical colleges, including 1 in SNMMCH Dhanbad, 2 in SBMCH Hazaribagh and 2 in MGMMCH Jamshedpur.
Dr Shailendra Kumar, the principal of MMCH Palamu, and admission in-charge Dr Ganesh Kumar expressed hope that all vacant seats (state and all India quota) will be filled up in the mop-up round.
Meanwhile, the students of the JCECEB merit list have expressed concern about the delay in mop-up round admission. They rued that further delay in admission will hit their career hard as they will miss the classes.
“First professional MBBS classes across the country, including Jharkhand have already started from February 14. Now, delay in admission will definitely deprive us more from attending classes,” said the candidates.
Dr Arun Kumar, the director of medical education of the state health department admitted that students in the 2nd round and the mop-up round will face sheer hardship in covering the missed classes.
“Since institutions are facing a shortage of faculty members, it would be hard to take additional classes for them. The students will have to make up on their own level,” he said.
