Fee Waiver To Karnataka Students

Medical & Engineering Seat Sharing Matrix

The government's share of seats in the CET has been gradually decreasing over the years. It was 85:15 in 1994-95 but is now reduced to 40:60 (medical). Private college managements are expected to petition the education secretariat on not giving up any medical/dental seat to the government for next year's UG admissions. The govt in 2007 had increased the salaries of teaching staff in government medical and dental colleges. Now, the private colleges too must hike the salaries to retain staf. Each college will have to bear an additional burden of Rs 3 crore.

The government got an extra 5% seats in Engineering colleges in 2009, in turn 25% these seats will be reserved for the poor and meritorious students. Needless to say the government will have its own criteria of determing who is poor.

Poor Meritorious Quota

At least 10,000 seats in undergraduate engineering courses in the state, will be earmarked for meritorious poor during 2009-10. The fee for these students will be Rs 15,000 against the regular Rs 25,000.

Annual family income of Rs 2 lakh is the ceiling, while the creamy layer has been completely kept out of the purview of the quota (creamy layer policy laid out in government order No SWD225BCA2000, dated March 30, 2002). The creamy layer covers SC and ST and also the Categor I of the backward classes. The creamy layer applies only to Categories II(A), II(B), III(A) and III(B). Students belonging to these categories but not failing under the creamy layer will also be elegible for the quota.

The government has decided to distribute 50% of seats under the government quota for the poor and meritorious students who have earned competitive ranks in CET.

The candidates will have to provide during the consuseling a certificate from the jurisdictional tahsildar certifying their annual family income.