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After the completion of the 3rd circular of Common Entrance Test (CET-2025) counselling, the State authorities has fixed support to 7 caller nursing colleges, and spot enhancement to 90 nursing colleges, resulting successful much than 1,500 authorities quota nursing seats sanctioned to these colleges remaining vacant.
KEA allocates authorities quota seats by conducting a full of 3 rounds of CET counselling for medical, engineering, nursing, and different nonrecreational courses. The remaining seats aft the mop-up circular are returned to the respective colleges. These seats are converted into absorption seats by the colleges and allocated to students.
Accordingly, for the twelvemonth 2025-26, a full of 32,164 nursing seats were disposable successful 661 nursing colleges crossed the State, including 34 authorities nursing colleges, with 10,293 authorities quota seats and 21,871 backstage quota seats.
KEA completed the mop-up circular spot allotment process connected September 15, 2025. At that time, a full of 8,808 authorities quota seats were filled and 1,485 seats remained vacant. Out of the disposable backstage quota seats, lone 3,821 seats were filled and 18,050 seats remained vacant.
Permission for 7 caller colleges
However, the State authorities has fixed support for 7 caller nursing colleges aft September 15, 2025 and has sanctioned 1,784 authorities quota seats for these colleges. In addition, it has besides fixed support for spot enhancement for a full of 90 nursing colleges.
“On the petition of the higher authorities, we decided to behaviour extended circular of counselling and invited exertion connected October 3, 2025, to capable up a full of 3,269 authorities quota nursing seats, including 1,485 quota seats remaining aft the mop-up circular and 1,784 seats disposable successful 7 caller colleges. During this time, lone 270 students made enactment entry. Again, we extended the enactment introduction day by 4 days. By now, lone 360 students person made enactment introduction and seats person been allotted to them,” said H. Prasanna, Executive Director of Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA).
He further stated: “The students were not informed astir the extended circular conducted for nursing seats and they were not alert of this. Therefore, a ample fig of students person not been capable to opt for seats.”
Students and parents entity
Parents and students are miffed with the development.
“During the CET counselling, I did not get a authorities quota nursing spot successful the assemblage of my choice. So, I enrolled for the B.Sc course. However, KEA had again announced extended circular counselling for filling up the seats connected October 3. When I inquired astir this, they said that counselling is being conducted to capable up the seats disposable successful the recently started colleges. However, if support had been fixed to the caller colleges earlier the counselling started, I would person besides got a spot successful a bully college. My imagination of pursuing a nursing people was shattered owed to the government’s negligence and granting support for a caller assemblage beyond the deadline. The authorities is taking specified decisions to facilitate backstage colleges,” alleged Kirti Prasad, a student.
“II PUC and CET results volition beryllium retired successful April and May. Counselling processes volition commencement from July. In specified a situation, wherefore is the authorities waiting for support for caller colleges till September?” asked Paramashiva, a parent.
“It would beryllium much beneficial for students if support is fixed for caller colleges successful April, May, oregon June. The interest for authorities quota nursing seats is lone ₹10,000, and but for a fewer colleges, determination is immense request for authorities quota seats successful different colleges. The Department of Medical Education gives support for caller nursing colleges and spot enhancement connected the proposal of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS). Despite requests to implicit these processes astatine the earliest, the authorities are not responding properly. Due to this, eligible mediocre and meritorious students are being deprived of nursing seats,” admitted a KEA official.
