- Candidates will now have to pay a security deposit of Rs 25,000 for government college seats
- Rs 1 lakh for private college seat
IndiGlobal Bureau
Candidates will now have to pay a security deposit of Rs 25,000 for government college seats while those wishing to apply at private colleges as well will have to shell out Rs 1 lakh, both the amounts being refundable. This was announced by the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (CET) cell. There was no practice of security deposit in Maharashtra medical PG admissions until now. There was a registration fee of Rs 1,000.
Candidates will also have a chance to change their college preference list after each round. There will be two rounds of admissions followed by a mop-up round and lastly, online stray vacancy round. In a bid to avoid confusion and loss of a set to deserving candidates, in the second round when a fresh seat is allotted, it is mandatory to confirm admission failing which the applicant would have to forgo the security deposit.
Such candidates will have to restart with fresh application and new deposit payment for mop-up round. If there is no seat allotment in the second round, the deposit money will continue to be considered for a betterment chance in the mop-up round.
This move by the government is welcomed by parents and students as it would put an end to seat blocking which was rampant in the past. Once the second round is completed, students would have a clarity which would pave the way for a tension free admission process. Students now have clarity as the admission process has the following rounds: To begin with, students would have a chance to change their college preference list in each round. There would be two rounds of admissions but after the second round the candidate would have to choose a college of preference. This would be followed by a mop up round and finally an online stray vacancy round.
