Education not business to earn profit, fees should be affordable: SC

Education not business to earn profit, fees should be affordable: SC

Education is not a business to earn profit and tuition fees shall always be affordable, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the state government’s decision to enhance the tuition fee in medical colleges to Rs 24 lakh per annum. A bench of Justices M R Shah and […]

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Maharashtra MBBS grads can no longer skip rural service by paying fine

Maharashtra MBBS grads can no longer skip rural service by paying fine

The rural service bond after MBBS degree will no longer have the penalty escape-route. All students taking admission to government medical colleges or on government reservation seats in private colleges will have to mandatorily complete their one-year rural service bond, which they could skip until now by paying the fine. Maharashtra’s Medical Education department issued […]

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Ukraine-returned MBBS students complain about quality of online lectures

Ukraine-returned MBBS students complain about quality of online lectures

When Russia launched a war on Ukraine and Indian medical students in the country under attack were asked to hide in bunkers, all they prayed was to get back home safely and soon. They did reach India mostly unharmed but remain apprehensive about their future and unhappy about the quality of online lectures at Ukrainian […]

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