A large number of top ranking medical aspirants from the State have appealed to the Centre to conduct a third round of allotment for admissions in all India Medical quota, after hundreds of them have been denied a seat in the second allotment.
Hundreds of students who scored above 600 marks in the NEET (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test) from Kerala have been disappointed at denial of a medical seat in the all India quota. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has completed the second allotment and is set to give the unfilled seats to the respective States.
Students from States such as Kerala, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh fared exceptionally well in this year’s NEET, and the 15 per cent MBBS seats reserved in the all India quota remained their main hope of studying in a government medical college. But after the second allotment and considering the return of a number of students to their home States because of COVID-19 scare, more than 30 per cent of the seats are…
