SC/ST medical students pressured to pay for internship year

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In respective colleges, fourth-year students are being pressured to wage the fifth-year tuition fee, and are not being permitted to constitute their fourth-year examinations unless the interest is paid

Published - February 28, 2026 01:17 americium IST - CHENNAI

Serena Josephine M

Despite wide rules prohibiting self-financing aesculapian colleges from collecting tuition fees for the 5th twelvemonth of MBBS/BDS (internship year), respective institutions are reportedly demanding outgo from SC/ST students, withholding hallway tickets for the upcoming fourth-year examinations if they neglect to comply.

The determination has triggered outrage among students, parents and activists, who telephone it a blatant usurpation of interest regulations.

Published - February 28, 2026 01:17 americium IST

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