Agartala: An all party meeting today resolved to conduct a fresh Joint Entrance Examination for SC, ST candidates for admission to the vacant seats of Agartala Govt Medical College (AGMC), official sources said.
Two seats for SCs and 27 seats for STs remained vacant as the candidates could not secure 40 per cent marks in the JEE, the minimum requirement for admission to any medical college as per the MCI guideline, they said. Tripura Higher Education Minister Anil Sarkar said a fresh Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) on PCB group will now be conducted by September 24.
Sarkar said ST/SC students who had secured 40 per cent marks in this year`s higher secondary exams would be allowed to appear in the test. "The all-party meeting, which met today following request from the council of ministers, was in favour of holding fresh JEE on PCB group for ST/SC students," he said.
Earlier, the all-party meeting decided to review the results of this year`s Joint Entrance Examinations. But the Council of Ministers had discussed various options yesterday to get over the impasse and referred the matter to the all-party committee.
Sarkar said the decision of all-party committee would be conveyed to the Medical Council of India (MCI) very shortly.
The government was in favour of completing the admission process by September 30, a day before the last scheduled time for admission to MBBS course.
PTI