1,092 more centum in all subjects than last year

Chennai: The plus two results percentage has improved by 1.1 % to 86.7% compared to the last year count.

The number of centum scored by the students in all the subjects increased by 1,092, highest ever in the history, because of the students having more awareness about their higher education from this performance.

Due to difficulties in the questions asked in the physics subject, only 142 students are scored the maximum marks compared to the last year count of 646 students. In the same way, the count for mathematics centum by 2,656 students which is dropped by count of 64 compared to the last year total of 2,720.

Leaving Maths and Physics subjects, 200 more centum are made by only chemistry students leading to the total of 1,444 compared to the last year performance of 1,246 students for the Engineering admission in Tamil nadu.

Subject Name	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Physics	217	282	245	231	646	142
Chemistry	145	306	467	741	1,246	1,444
Mathematics	1568	3852	4060	1762	2,720	2,656
Biology	129	153	218	258	615	620
Botany	12	19	6	4	14	6
Zoology	1	1	1	1	0	4
Computer Science	0	60	276	265	223	615
Commerce	288	148	285	968	1167	921
Accountancy	133	739	621	851	1320	2,518
Business Maths	156	291	198	341	358	475
Total	2,649	5,851	6,377	5,422	8,309	9,401

- Moorthy Selvakumaran, Educational Analyst & Consultant

Govt aims to reduce malnutrition in children to half by 2012

New Delhi: The government today said it is aiming at reducing malnutrition in children to half by 2012.

“In the 11th Plan from 2007-12, the government has fixed the target to reduce malnutrition in children to half by 2012,” Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told Rajya Sabha in reply to a written question.

In reply to a query on National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases, the minister said over 62 lakh people have been screened for diabetes and over four lakh people are suspected to be diabetic.

Azad said the programme aims to prevent and control common non communicable diseases through life style changes and provide early diagnosis and control of these diseases.

Answering a query on availability of spurious drugs in the market, the Health Minister said as per a survey conducted by the Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation, only 0.046 per cent drugs were found spurious.

Near perfect 100 for Dubai's ISC student

Dubai: A Dubai-based Indian student has scored a staggering 99.5 per cent in the Indian School Certificate examinations for the 12th grade, a first in the history of the board.

Rohan Sampath scored 100 per cent in Mathematics, 100 per cent in Physics, 100 per cent in Computer Science and 98 per cent in English, becoming the first student to do it in the history of ISC exams, his school, Dubai Modern High School, said.

The 18-year-old, who has studied at the same school since kindergarten, credited his parents and teachers for his incredible success.

Rohan was the president of the Modern Debating Society at school and represented the UAE at the World School Debating Championships in Scotland, last year.

His father Sampath Srinivasan said his son has always been academically excellent, but that has never been his only focus.

Sampath never went for private coaching classes and says there is no secret formula for success. Outside India, the ISC examinations are taken in schools in Indonesia, Singapore, Bhutan, Yemen and the UAE.

Girls outshine boys in Class XII state board exams

Chennai: Girls continued to outshine boys in the Class XII examinations conducted by the state government, results for which were announced today.

Students hailing from Namakkal district bagged the top three ranks from among nearly 8.20 lakh students who appeared for the exam conducted in March.

Girls continued to dominate by registering a pass percentage of 89.7 while 83.2 per cent of boys cleared the exams. Incidentally, this time there was a drastic dip in the number of centum-scorers in Physics, with only 142 students scoring a hundred as against a little over 600 last year. It was the same case with Mathematics too.

However, more students had scored centum in Chemistry this year. Susmitha from Namakkal topped the exams by scoring 1,189 out of 1,200 marks while the second rank was shared by three students from the same district. Two students from Namakkal came third.

Namkkal students get all three state ranks in Plus two

Chennai: Namkkal students having Tamil as first language get all the three state ranks in Plus two examinations 2012.

First Rank: 1189 out of 1200 marks

SUSHMITHA - S.K.V. HSS M KANDAMPALAYAM NKL,NAMAKKAL

Second Rank: 1188 out of 1200 marks

KARTHIKA D - S.K.V. HSS M KANDAMPALAYAM NKL,NAMAKKAL                     

ASHOK KUMAR P - GREENPARK MHSS NAMAKKAL,NAMAKKAL                            

MANIKANDAN C - VIVEKANANDHA HSS PANDAMANGALAM,NAMAKKAL                     

Third Rank: 1187 out of 1200 marks

MAHESWARI P - VIDHYAVIKAS GHSS THIRUCHENGODE,NAMAKKAL                     

PRABHA SANKARI B - S.K.V. HSS M KANDAMPALAYAM NKL,NAMAKKAL 

Pondy and Chengalpattu students top in Tamil Nadu plus two exam

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Deparment of Government Examinations declared plus 2 results today.

List of Overall State rank holders:

 

First rank: 1190 marks out of 1200

SWAPNA. S - STJOSEPH OF CLUNY M GHSS PDY,PUDUCHERRY)

PAVITHRA. V - PRINCE MAT HSS MADIPAKKAM,CHENGALPATTU                      

Second rank: 1189 marks out of 1200

RAHUL JAIN. P  - S.B.O.A MAT HSS CHOKKAMPUDUR,COIMBATORE

MAHEEMA BHEN R - S R V  G HSS RASIPURAM,NAMAKKAL

SUSHMITHA S - S.K.V. HSS M KANDAMPALAYAM NKL,NAMAKKAL                     

ANCY PHILIP - CSI JESSIEMOSES MHSS ANNANAGAR,CHENNAI NORTH               

ARJUN S - S J S S J MATHSS MAHARAJANAGAR,TIRUNELVELI                  

Third rank: 1188 marks out of 1200

KANUSHIYA S - CLUNY MAT HSS SALEM,SALEM                                   

KIRITHIKA C M - CLUNY MAT HSS SALEM,SALEM                                   

KARTHIKA D - S.K.V. HSS M KANDAMPALAYAM NKL,NAMAKKAL                     

ASHOK KUMAR P - GREENPARK MHSS NAMAKKAL,NAMAKKAL                            

MANIKANDAN C - VIVEKANANDHA HSS PANDAMANGALAM,NAMAKKAL                     

ARAVINTH S - ZION MAT HSS SELAIYUR,CHENGALPATTU                          

SUNDARA RAMAN R - SRDF V VID HSS CHROMPET,CHENGALPATTU                        

DEEPA R - S D A V  HSS ADAMBAKKAM,CHENGALPATTU                        

BHAVANI S - SRIAHOBILAMATH OHSS CHENNAI-33,CHENNAI CENTRAL              

PRIYA V - SRIAHOBILAMATH OHSS CHENNAI-33,CHENNAI CENTRAL              

AASHISH RAJESH - DAV HSS GOPALAPURAM CHE 86,CHENNAI CENTRAL        

Andhra Pradesh SSC Results to Be declared on May 23

The AP Board of Secondary Education (APBSE) has announced that the results of SSC 2012 will be declared on 23rd of May i.e.. On Wednesday at 11:00 am.

The Director, Government exams, said that the results of SSC Public Examination which was conducted in March 2012 shall be released by the Minister of Secondary Education In Hyderabad at Office of the Director  of Government Examinations.

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MBBS students prefer PG in India now

The Union Government's announcement that students who plan to study in the U.S. must sign a bond has put them in dilemma

MBBS students who were considering pursuing their postgraduate studies in the U.S. now have second thoughts.

The Union Government's announcement that students who plan to study in the U.S. will have to sign a bond before they travel abroad, assuring the government that they will return to India to practise, has put them in dilemma.

Students preparing for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) — which qualifies them for post-graduation — have started looking at higher study options within India itself.

Procedure

The very procedure to qualify the examination itself consumes a lot of money and time, they say.

Manish Choudhary, who completed his MBBS this year plans to study in India, given the time and expenses for a U.S. course.

Students say they spend a lot while staying in the U.S. to write examinations and while waiting for a call-up from a university.

“They need to work there for some time to recoup the money spent during this waiting period,” says V. Sivaprakash, another student.

Raghavan (name changed), who has qualified in the USMLE and has been admitted to a university in New York, hopes that the bond would be withdrawn, in the coming years.

“I have already put in a lot of effort and money to qualify. I plan to get a fellowship after I complete my post-graduation. In case I do not qualify immediately for the fellowship, I would have to come back to India and work here,” he says.

Most doctors invest at least Rs. 5 lakh to write the examination and to attend interviews.

Students feel that if the government wants them to return to India they can give a timeframe within which they can work in the U.S. and come back after that.

Interviews

“Most students write the first two parts of the examination during their undergraduate studies.

The third and fourth part has to be written in the U.S. After qualifying in the examinations, students are required to apply and attend interviews of various universities.

Forcing students to return immediately after completion of the course is unfair,” says Maria Sudison, a PG student.

Also, students with a postgraduate degree in the U.S. are only qualified to work in corporate hospitals here. “Getting admissions in the non-service category in India is extremely competitive.”

The need to bridge the gap between the education system in the U.S. and the work environment in India is also felt by both students and faculty members. Often a large number of tests and investigations are done in the U.S.

Students who study there find it difficult to come back and merge into the Indian medical system immediately, according to faculty members.

Clarity

Officials, however, feel that there should be more clarity on the details of the bond. “There is no information on how the bond conditions will be implemented. How will it be issued and how will students be tracked? How can the students be deported?” asks K. Ananda Kannan, regional inspector, Medical Council of India.

Anna University runs out of forms

Nearly 40,000 sets of application forms, coding sheets, information booklets and brochures are being printed to meet the demand. The deadline for submission extended to June 6. The university has also suspended the sale of forms for three days – Monday to Wednesday.

The race for engineering seats has become more intense this year, so much so that Anna University has run out of application forms just ten days after the sale of applications began. The university has already sold the two lakh engineering forms it had printed this year, and is in the process of printing more

It has also suspended the sale of forms for three days – Monday to Wednesday. Sales will resume on May 24 and will go on till May 31. The last date for submission of forms has been extended to June 6.

Nearly 40,000 sets of application forms, coding sheets, information booklets and brochures are being printed to meet the demand. “The forms will take two days to reach 59 centres, including the newly instituted one in Tiruppur,” said V. Rhymend Uthariaraj, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA).

Class XII students who are awaiting their results, scheduled to be announced on May 22, are now immensely relieved. Earlier this week, the School Education Department had announced that mark sheets would be handed over to students only on May 30, which left them with just a day to submit the forms. D. Sabitha, Secretary, School Education Department, said the department had written to Anna University to extend the last date for submission of forms.

P. Mannar Jawahar, vice-chancellor, Anna University, told The Hindu that the extension would help students, especially candidates from out of town, whose forms might not have otherwise reached on time.

In Chennai, the forms are being sold at Madras Institute of Technology, Chromepet, Government Polytechnic College, Pursaiwakkam and Bharathi Government Women's College, Broadway.

Students can submit forms online, but only after the announcement of results. “The candidate has to send photocopies of the documents, including mark sheets, photograph, transfer certificate and other required certificates,” said Mr. Uthariaraj. Most students prefer buying forms to filling them online, as they can get the information booklets from the centres instead of having to get a print out. Many students and their parents who have come to Chennai to buy the forms were dismayed by the development and were concerned about having to spend three days in the city. P. Dhanush Kumar, who had come all the way from Dharmapuri, said: “I came here because the officials at the government arts college there said the forms were over. But it's the same here.” He plans to stay here till Wednesday in a lodge and go back with the forms. N. Velmurugun, a parent from Erode, however, decided to head back home with his daughter. “We will come back on March 30.”

The increase in the number of applicants is attributed to many reasons. “Biology students have also bought engineering forms as the number of seats in medical colleges has not increased. Aspirants for seats in medicine also feel that the cut-offs will be lower this time, and last year's toppers have a better chance,” said Mr. Uthariaraj. Also in 2011, Anna University began application sales a couple of days after the results and only those eligible for admission bought the forms. 

Students tense after Indian Certificate of Secondary Education results

MUMBAI: The ICSE results which saw more students with 90% and above scores has given worry lines to class X students from other boards as they try to secure seats in one of the top 10 city colleges. "I know I have worked really hard for my papers and also did well in all my papers. But I'm still worried if my score will be good enough to match the kind of marks ICSE students have scored," said Rohit Paranjpe, an SSC student. 

He also added that most of his friends are worried about not making through the course or college of their choice. 

ICSE students, however, have other things to worry about. Some were disappointed because they missed the privilege of being the all-India topper by just one mark. "I am very happy with my score and I know it is enough to get me through the best college anywhere. I missed the 'all-India topper' tag by just one mark, but there's nothing I can change now," said Tanvee Deokule, a student of Pawar Public School, Bhandup. 

Parents were equally worried about the competition students will face during junior college admissions. "My daughter scored 98% (best-5) but I realised the topper had scored 98.80%. There's going to be cut-throat competition during admissions this year," said Arun Mehta, father of 16-year-old Ayushi Mehta, the topper at Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School. 

Most schools had reason to celebrate this year not just with 100% results but also with the increasing number of 90% scorers in their batch. "Our results have been fantastic and the number of 90% and above  scorers has also increased," said Alice Vaz, principal of Ryan International School, Kharghar, adding that 24  students in her batch scored above 90%. At St Mary's ICSE School, 49 out of 105 scored above 90% and the topper, Arunabh Mishra, scored 97.2%. 

"We are worried that we'll see more dejected students this year during admissions, especially high scorers. Hopefully, the admission process will be less stressful than the previous years," said the principal of a South Mumbai college. 

CBSE website to give updates 

CBSE has launched an academic website www.cbseacademic.in to provide information on its academic activities and policy initiatives."The website will be an information resource on the board's ongoing programmes, with special focus on training, innovation and leadership programmes for principals," said CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi. 

Surprise: Central Board of Secondary Education results out

MUMBAI: In a surprise move, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday evening declared the Class X results for the Chennai region-which includes Maharashtra-on its website without any prior announcement. Schools as well as students, who were shocked at the sudden announcement, claimed that the board had never before declared results on an unannounced date. 

"For years the CBSE board has been trying to minimise the hype around the Class X board exams, and by  declaring the results like this it is attempting to send out a message to students that the exam is not the be all and end all of their academic life," said Avnita Bir, principal of Ramniranjan Podar School, Santacruz. Bir added that this was also the first time the board had announced results so discreetly, sending each school its results via email rather than announcing them on its website. Students, however, will have to log on the website for their grades; the schools have their numerical scores. 

The success rate of the Chennai region stands at 99.49 per cent, up from last year's 98.92 per cent. 

Chennai region CBSE Class 10 results: 99 Percentage pass, many report perfect 10s

CHENNAI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) published the results of class 10 for theChennai region on Monday. As many as 99.66% of the 1,52,086, who appeared for the board and school-based tests in the region have qualified for admission to class 11. 

In the Chennai region, 97,259 took the board exam, while 54,741 opted for the school-based test this year. As many as 21,884 students, including 16,466 students, appeared for the class 10 exams in the state this year. 

A Deepshika, a class 10 student of Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya Senior Secondary School, who scored a perfect 10, said, "It was so unexpected. I was sitting in my coaching class when my friend told me about the results. After that I couldn't stop thinking about it and couldn't wait for my class to get over. I am so happy." 

Many schools reported that several of their students had secured the highest cumulative grade point average of 10 by securing the highest grade (A1) in five subjects. While 28 students in PSBB, Nungambakkam, secured a CGPA of 10, 18 students in Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram secured a perfect 10, and seven in Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya secured the top score. L Neelakanta Pillai, principal of Kola Perumal Chetty Vaishnav Senior Secondary School, said, "About 10% of our students have secured a CGPA of 10 thanks to the implementation of CCE. We hope that the system will soon be extended to class 12 as well. Then, like western countries, our children too will be happy doing what they do best." 

The board does not declare a student pass or fail. It allows students who have scored either A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2 or D grades to continue to the next class. Students with E1 or E2 grades are declared eligible for improvement of performance. 

"The students will be given a certificate of continuous and comprehensive evaluation comprising of their performance in classes 9 and 10. The performance encompasses their achievements in scholastic as well as co-scholastic areas," said regional officer of the Chennai region D T Sudharshan Rao. 

Despite the CBSE making board exams optional in a bid to reduce exam-related stress, nearly 64% of the students who appeared for the test in the Chennai region opted for the board exam. Overall, more than 75% of class 10 students in CBSE schools opted for the board exam this year. 

Candidates can apply for verification of marks within 21 days of the declaration of results and those who wish to apply for improvement of performance can apply before June 22 without late fee. The tentative date of this examination will be July 16. 

Online registration begins, wait is the word on Day 1

BHOPAL: The online registration for next academic session in government and private colleges began on Monday. The process would continue till June 10. On Day 1, there was no rush for admissions as both theCBSE and the MP Board of Secondary Education have yet to declare the class XII results.

"I do not know their logic of launching the on-line admission before the Class XII result. Once I have my result, I will think of admission," said Swati Singh Parihar, a school student. The department has asked the students to visit the government college for verifying the document. "The result is not in my hand. How to verify my documents," she added.

Welcoming the on-line admission students said the process should have started after the result. "It is a good idea. They are charging only Rs 50 per college, which is half the fee a student paid earlier. But the online admission process should have started after boards declare their Class XII results," said Prakhar Yadav, a student.

Students can download application form from the official website of the department. The department has also uploaded a format, which will guide students to fill the application form.

The verification of the documents will be done from May 21 to June 11. Students, who fail to get online admission in courses or colleges of their choice can take admission against the available vacant seats. The  higher education department has made it clear that the allotment of the vacant seats on reapplying may be accepted or rejected.

AAI to recruit 200 Jr executives

New Delhi: To meet shortage of officers in Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) wing, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) will recruit 200 junior executives, the government today said.
 
"The actual strength of Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) at present is 2,191 against the sanctioned strength of 2,417...The AAI has initiated necessary steps for recruitment of 200 junior executive in the ATC discipline," Civil Aviation minister Ajit Singh told Rajya Sabha in reply to a question.
 
In reply to another query, he said, "The ministry of Civil Aviation has accepted recommendation of M/S KPMG for hiving off Air Navigation Services as a separate entity."
 
KPMG had been engaged to conduct pre feasibility study for corporatisation of AAI's air navigation services, Singh said.  

Century real estate in tie-up with IIM-B

Bangalore: Realty player Century Real Estate and the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, have inked a MoU for setting up the IIMB-Century Real Estate Research Initiative.
 
The IIMB-Century Real Estate Research Initiative will focus on collecting data and conducting scientific, cross- disciplinary research on the Indian real estate sector that will be published in leading academic and practitioner journals, IIMB Director Pankaj Chandra said in a statement.
 
In addition, the Research Initiative will seek to provide guidance and policy prescriptions to government and industry stakeholders on major issues relating to the real estate sector, he said.
 
P Dayananda Pai, Founder-Century Real Estate, said there was a "tearing need" for such an initiative in the real estate space that will focus on research besides acting as an interface between the industry and the policy makers "and eventually churn out quality human resource for this sector."
 
"The initial charter for the Research Initiative will be to create taxonomy of relevant data that will be required to do meaningful research, initiate research projects that fill key knowledge gaps and engage with key stakeholders within the industry," said Prof Venky Panchapagesan, who has been leading the effort to set up this initiative at IIMB. 

Cameron urged to review student visa curbs

London: British universities stand to lose between 5-8 billion pounds every year due to the new student visa restrictions applicable to students from India and other non-EU countries, according to top university officials.
 
In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, Universities UK, which represents 134 higher education institutions, warns that unless the coalition government urgently reviews and scraps the recent changes, the sector already affected by deep funding cuts will lose further.
 
A spokesperson of Universities UK told that a letter by chairman Professor Eric Thomas is being sent to Cameron highlighting the debilitating effect the new restrictions are likely to have on the economic situation of universities.
 
There are already reports of falling numbers of student-applications from India and other countries, with one unnamed university reporting a drop of 40 per cent in applications from international students.
 
The new restrictions include closure of the post-study work visa, which was popular among self-financing students from India, since it allowed them to recover (after completing their courses) some of the costs of studying in the UK.
 
Prof Thomas says in the letter that in China and India the largest markets for overseas students Britain is seen as "putting up barriers to entry", and added: "The UK seems to be telling the world that it doesn't welcome international students".
 
Attracting overseas students, he says, is "exactly the type of activity the Government should be supporting in these difficult  economic times", adding, "There are significant economic benefits and growth in this area, and we believe removing international students from net migration figures, which is what other countries are doing, will send very positive signals around the globe".
 
Several institutions such as the British Council and the Institute for Public policy research have urged the government to review the restrictions that have been placed as part of the coalition government's promise to cut immigration. 

PU offers Manmohan Singh chair to Cambridge Professor

Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU) has offered the Dr Manmohan Singh chair to its alumnus Ajit Singh, professor emeritus at University of Cambridge.

Singh, who is a lifetime fellow at Queen's College in Cambridge, has been recommended by a committee set up by the varsity Vice-chancellor under the chairmanship of R P Bhambah, a university spokesman said here today.

The recommendation was “unanimously” accepted during the PU syndicate meeting held recently, he said.

The chair was instituted in 2009 in the department of economics and the PU had so far not found a suitable candidate for it.

Earlier, PU had extended the same offer to Nobel Prize winner and renowned economist Amartya Sen, who did not accept the offer, the spokesman said.

Singh had passed out of the PU and started teaching economics at Cambridge in 1965, the spokesman said.

Chief Minister to encourage setting up minority educational centres

New Delhi: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said his Government will encourage setting up of minority educational institutions in the state.

“We will encourage all efforts to promote minority educational institutes especially those of Muslims in our state. They need to be promoted especially for education of Muslim girls,” he said at an event here.

The Uttarakhand CM said for the first time, the state has created a separate department for minority affairs after the recently-formed Congress government came back to power.

Speaking on power situation in the state, Bahuguna said the state has been buying power despite having a rich hydel power potential in the form of rivers.

Noting that Hindu seers and saints in the state are against using Ganga water for power production but urged them that religious sentiments should not be allowed to hamper development projects.

“Religion should give people power and courage but not be an impediment in development of the nation,” Bahunguna said.

One-year rural posting made mandatory for MBBS students

New Delhi: Aspiring doctors will have to spend a year working in rural areas before getting their MBBS degrees, as the government has decided to make rural posting compulsory for them.

In a letter to the Medical Council of India (MCI), the Health Ministry has asked its Board of Governors to make rural posting for doctors mandatory and include it in the MBBS course curriculum.

Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said doctors will be attached with the Ministry's flagship National Rural Health Mission during the year-long rural posting which will also help improve health care services in villages.

Once this proposal becomes part of MBBS curriculum, a medical student, after completing 4.5 years of study and thereafter the hospital internship, will have to undergo a mandatory year-long house job in the form of a rural posting before getting the MBBS degree. Till then, the degree would be provisional.

Chairman of MCI Board of Governors K K Talwar told that the one-year compulsory rural posting for doctors is in the offing and modalities in this respect are being worked out. The posting would be made mandatory in a designated rural area.

“We are working on this. A mechanism is being evolved in this regard. An expert committee is looking into this and will recommend modalities in its meeting soon, after which the details worked out will be sent to the Health Ministry for its approval,” Talwar said.

Sources say the government is working to do away with the compulsory three-month rural posting during the year-long MBBS internship and the same will be made part of the one-year rural house job with an NRHM facility henceforth.

Talwar said this one-year mandatory rural posting will help aspiring doctors to learn from senior doctors who will act as mentors in the rural area. The MBBS graduates, he said, will be attached with a rural hospital and a nearby medical college during this one-year period.

They will also get a reasonable stipend from the NRHM for their services during this period, he said. Justifying the proposal, Azad said it takes almost seven years or even more to become a doctor and to actually get the permission to start prescribing medicines in developed countries whereas the MBBS course duration in India is much shorter.

The Minister said due to the shorter duration of the course here than in the developed nations, many students prefer to study MBBS course in India and then carry out higher studies abroad.

Talwar also said that it takes seven to eight years to obtain a medical undergraduate degree in most countries and studying in India is also cheaper than in the developed world.

“The rural posting will go in favour of students aspiring to be doctors as it will help them upgrade their skills when mentored by senior doctors. The provision will give them peripheral exposure while also granting them reasonable facilities where they can hone their skills,” he said. He said the Council will make all such recommendations to the Health Ministry soon before this proposal is implemented.

Government's efforts to attract doctors for rural postings through various incentives earlier did not yield any fruit, as there were no takers for 50 per cent reservation in postgraduate courses for MBBS doctors who opted for rural stints after taking undergraduate degree.

MBBS students who did a year of rural service were to get 10 marks as additional weightage in MD examination, while those who did three years service in backward areas were to get 30 marks. The scheme did not have a single taker.

“I say it with regret that our doctors have decided not to go to rural areas. Nobody has come forward to avail of the incentives offered by the Government,” Azad had said in Parliament last week.