On the day document verification for admissions to medical and dental colleges began, several seat aspirants were put to hardship as they had to wait for hours on end because of technical glitches. The most affected were outstation candidates who had to return to their cities without getting their documents verified because of the delay.
A candidate from Kochi said verification of her documents was scheduled to end by 1.15 p.m. on Tuesday. “Officials said there was some glitch and the process did not get over even at 5 p.m. so we had to leave without getting our documents verified,” her parent said.
The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), which had said that document verification would begin on Tuesday, announced the schedule only on Monday night. As a result, many candidates made their travel arrangements late in the night and reached the city on Tuesday morning.
A candidate from Andhra Pradesh said he had paid the fees for registration, but it was not reflecting on his form, which prevented him from getting his documents verified.
A KEA official said the process was delayed by an hour and they were fixing some of the glitches. There are 58,890 candidates who have applied for medical and dental seats. The KEA has extended the last date to register for NEET counselling till July 15. Document verification will go on till July 19. “Students who are unable to attend document verification on the stipulated date for genuine reasons can attend on any or date before July 19,” a KEA official said.
The long wait for AYUSH students has also ended as the seat matrix for these courses has been published. There are 712 ayurveda seats in 37 colleges, 100 seats in one homoeopathy college, 86 seats in four unani colleges, and 97 seats in five naturopathy and yoga colleges. Besides these, 50 B.Pharma seats in one college have also been added.
Protest planned
The Karnataka Medical Students and Young Doctors’ Association has planned a protest on Thursday outside the KEA premises to oppose the authority’s decision to invite applications from students across the country for admissions to MBBS and dental courses in private colleges in the State.
