With the counselling for MBBS/BDS courses in progress in the State, the Selection Committee of the Directorate of Medical Education and Research has put out details of the mandatory fee disclosure by self-financing medical and dental institutions as per a direction of the Supreme Court.
Most of the colleges have disclosed the hostel and mess fees, but many have not put out the transportation fee.
The Selection Committee said the Supreme Court had directed “mandate pre-counselling fee disclosure by all private/deemed universities, detailing tuition, hostel, caution deposit and miscellaneous charges”.
The institutions were also instructed to publish the fee structure on their websites.
In line with this, self-financing medical and dental colleges had furnished the details. While some institutions specified a month-wise fee for hostel and mess, others put up a figure for the entire year. Among self-financing medical colleges, the hostel fee alone ranged from ₹1,250 to ₹25,000 per month, and the mess fee from ₹7,400 to ₹22,500 per month. Some colleges gave a combined fee for hostel and mess charges.
