From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, Feb 11: Higher Education Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan has instructed the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) on Friday not to levy penalty on students now seeking admission into medical courses who had held their engineering seats till now or who have already got admitted into an engineering course.

 He has also stated that this provision for students will be applicable only for the current academic year.

In a response to media reports pertaining to the levy of penalty for those who want to get admitted for Medical courses now, he said: “There is used to be simultaneous allotment for Engineering and Medical courses in previous years. But in the current year, there was a delay in allotment of seats for medical courses due to a petition filed in the court with regard to NEET examination, and this led to uncertainty.”

The students who had got admitted to engineering or held engineering seats, but now have been allotted medical seats can get admitted to medical courses. For this, a fine will not be imposed, Dr Narayan clarified.

In previous years, for such students penalty of five times the fee use to be imposed. But this year, it was earlier decided to collect one year’s fee as a penalty. However, now, this too stands canceled, he stated.