More than 10% of BDS and MBBS seats in Assam are still left vacant in medical colleges in the state. This number is astonishing because the first round of state NEET counselling and 2nd round of national NEET counselling has already finished.
Students from outside the state have shown low interest in taking admission in the all India quota this year. Assam has 7 medical colleges with a total of 1000 seats for MBBS and MDS admission that take part in national NEET counselling.
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Of the total seats still vacant in the state quota, 33 are from MBBS while 45 are from BDS courses. On the other hand, in the central quota, 6 BDS seats are lying vacant while 54 seats are available in MBBS.
A total of 51 BDS and 87 MBBS seats are still vacant in Assam medical colleges. The Directorate of Medical Education has started the online choice filling for these seats on December 14, 2020.
For MBBS, Gauhati Medical College had 28 vacant seats, Diphu Medical College had 17, Assam Medical College had 12, Barpeta Medical College had 8, Silchar Medical College had 10, Tezpur Medical College had 7, and Jorhat Medical College had 5 vacant seats.
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Similarly, for BDS, Government Dental College, Silchar had 28 vacant seats, Regional Dental College had 7 and Government Dental College had 16 vacant seats as of December 13, 2020.
Dr. Anup Kumar Das, Controller of examination, Assam Directorate of Medical Education said, “If seats still remain vacant after the ongoing online choice filling round, a mop-up round will be held where NEET qualified candidates will be enrolled through the offline”
Das further added that students who had already enrolled will also be able to pick medical colleges in the choice filling round. He said, “Some students have given up their seats after taking admission. They might have got selected in some other colleges of their choice.”
Officials said that students from outside the state may not have applied as they were hesitant to travel during the Covid-19 induced lockdown.
