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Patna,(BiharTimes): Taking a U-turn the state government on Wednesday announced that admission to Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) for academic session 2011-12 would be made through second round of counselling of Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination (BCECE) as suggested by chief minister Nitish Kumar.
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The Board of Governors of the IGIMS unanimously went back on its own stand of holding a separate all-India-level entrance examination for the institute. The institution will now offer 85 seats to students from the merit list of BCECE, while the rest of the seats will be filled through CBSE All India Pre-Medical Test quota as per the Supreme Court guidelines.
Talking to mediapersons health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, who is an ex-officio chairman of the Board of Governors of the institution, however, said he felt sorry for thousands of students who had applied for the examination after the institute had advertised for entrance tests and invited applications from medical aspirants from across the country.
He said that as there was very little time left to complete the admission process the Board thought that the IGIMS would not be able to complete the admission on time if it went ahead with the separate examination. The bank drafts, which the aspirants had submitted as registration fee, will be returned to them individually within a week, he said.
He refuted charges that the controversy surrounding the mode of admission in IGIMS, which was recently given the permission by Medical Council of India will hamper the reliability or reputation of the institution. The minister denied that the decision was taken under pressure from any quarter.
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