B J Medical College

AHMEDABAD: An RTI by Gujarat University and the Medical Council of India (MCI) revealed the possibility of a Vyapam-like scam in Gujarat's medical colleges.

The RTI revealed that government medical colleges in Gujarat has been awarding degrees to more than 100 students who have failed the examination. The complaint has been sent to chief minister Vijay Rupani 's office and to the PMO as well.

In January 2015, entrance test for admission in PG medical colleges affiliated with Gujarat University were conducted. Against 300 seats in B J Medical College and NHL college, 900 students appeared for the exam. Only 200 students could clear the exam, so 100 seats remained vacant. The RTI reveals that the doctors from Health Department and officials breached rules to give admission to the kids of their acquaintances.

As per MCI guidelines, students absent or declared failed in entrance test cannot get admission in PG medical courses. Breaching this rule, false mark sheets were sent to MCI to facilitate admission of star kids. RTI shows that there are some kids who have not even appeared for the exam, but still the records show that they have passed the exam. In addition to this, in some cases fake caste certificate were also produced in order to mislead MCI.

It is said that the students who got admission in this way belong to the families of reputed doctors and government officials.

As per information provided in the RTI, a student scored 41 per cent marks in entrance test, but in MCI's records her score is 53 per cent. There are several other such discrepancies in which the marks sent to MCI are much higher than what the students actually scored.

J P Gupta, Health Commissioner, Gujarat said, "State Commissioner received the complaint a week ago. We will have to check old records from the university. We will scrutinize the complaint and record both and then we will decide what steps to take."

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