Fee hike by private medical colleges for Super Speciality PG courses from Rs 5.85 lakh to Rs 25 lakh after the Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department (HM&WF) issued a GO (MS No. 78) endorsing the hike has left aspirants in a tizzy.
As per request of the private unaided minority and non-minority colleges in Telangana for fee hike for Super Speciality PG courses, the government has revised the tuition fee in view of the “increased cost involved in imparting quality education escalation in costs and increase in university-related fees..” The fee hike has been only for courses under management quota but in the absence of separate counselling notifications for both quotas, colleges are not making any distinction. The decision, however, was taken unilaterally by the department without consultation with the Telangana State Admissions and Fee Regulatory Committee, as is the protocol.…
