FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
ITAGAR, Aug 19: Students from Aruchal Pradesh who were selected to undergo four years Bachelor of Dental Sciences course based on their Aruchal Pradesh Joint Entrance Examition (PCB) 2015, has been left in serious trouble with MHRD refusing to grant permission to admit new students.
Directorate Higher and Technical Education said that MHRD’s letter cancelling allotments of seats reached them after the students were already allotted the seats by the department. It said that seats were allotted based on last year’s approved quota.
Dental College, RIMS, Imphal has a capacity of 50 students drawn from all over the country.
However, the students who are already students in the institute will not be impacted by the latest decision of the centre, according to an official source.
Kaling Siram with APJEE ranking of 31 followed by Obim Muang and Ji cho and Keter Loya ranked 31, 32, 33 and 34 were allotted the dental seats this year by the Directorate of Higher and Technical Education based on their performance at the state entrance exam.
Elison Siram, whose son is one of those affected by the decision, said that children are suffering for no fault of theirs.
We came to know that the Dental Council has disapproved the College only after we were at the college to seek admission, he said.
Now, the students in a joint letter to the state government have petitioned for altertive seat arrangement for students selected for admission in RIMS dental College.
Now, the solution lies with the Director, Medical Education (I&R) and Department of Higher and Technical Education how they accommodate the students who have been deprived of a chance to start their four year course.