Madhya Pradesh will keep 5 percent seats in medical studies for students of government schools starting this year, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday. Ever since admissions to medical colleges started through the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), students of government schools were not able to become doctors, he said.
For the first time in the country, the Madhya Pradesh government has taken a decision to implement this year under which five percent reservation will be given to students from government schools in medical studies. Only government school students will be admitted on these seats,” he said.
Students of private schools used to clear NEET till now. But two lists will be prepared from now – one for government school students and the other for those from private schools,” he added. Children from poor backgrounds must also get a chance to move ahead, Mr Chouhan asserted.
Children from poor backgrounds must also get a chance to move ahead, Chouhan asserted.
He was addressing a program organized in Jabalpur to mark the martyrdom day of the tribal icons of the 1857 uprising of King Shankarshah and his son Kunwar Raghunath Shah.
Chouhan also announced the construction of a memorial of tribal queen Durgawati at a cost of Rs 100 crore, adding that the foundation stone laying ceremony of the project will take place on October 5.
He made the remark while addressing the reporters in Jabalpur. The elections to the 230-member assembly in Madhya Pradesh are due by November this year. On August 17, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of candidates from 39 seats it had lost in the 2018 state assembly polls.