MED COLLEGES FLOUT RULES ON FEE REFUNDING

Ignoring the Union Human Resource Development Ministry’s orders to refund the fee if they withdraw their admission, medical colleges are not refunding the total fee amount. Many NEET-UG aspirants are doing the rounds of colleges to collect their dues, alleged junior doctors associations, Health Care Reforms Doctors Association along with medical aspirants and their parents.

The parents have complained that colleges are harassing students with partial fee payments and the certificates of a few students are also being withheld by the managements. The Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) had sent a mail to all the colleges on August 25 to withdraw their seats before August 27 and accordingly the students have resigned their seats.

A parent on condition of anonymity said, “The private medical college returned `11 lakh, but they did not return `1 lakh. When we asked the college for the rest of the money, they told us to visit the college to discuss about the fees,” the parent said.

KNRUHS Vice-Chancellor, Dr B Karunakar Reddy said, “So far, we have not received any written complaint or representation from the parents or the students regarding the fee refund issue. If the students come with a written complaint, we will look into the matter and will speak to the concerned colleges. Ideally, the colleges should return the complete fees after the students withdraw the seats.”