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NK SINGH Opening of private medical colleges should be made a penal offence, according to a recommendation made by the Medical Education Committee which was appointed by The Bihar Government to enquire into the maladies and to suggest ways to improve the standard of medical education.  The Committee, which seems to have taken pains to go into the depth of the problem, comments in its recently submitted report: "The organisers of none of the private medical colleges in the State seem to have made any donation. It is, therefore, clear that there is no element of philanthropy in these enterprises and the organisers have not been motivated by a missionary spirit, On the other hand, whatever may have been their intentions, they seem to have created the impression that the craze for medical education is being exploited under the clock of missionary spirit". The Committee has suggested the promulgation of an ordinance immediately to check the mushroom growth of private medical colle...

Private medical colleges meet their nemesis in MP NK SINGH Racketeering by private medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh has always been an open secret. Anyone with deep pockets could secure admission to medical colleges by paying amounts ranging from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 lakh to college owners or their agents. The private medical colleges were allowed to have their separate test and admission process. It was a process designed to be rigged. Racketeering in medical and dental admissions continued because it generated huge funds, a turnover of Rs 800 crore, of course, all of it in black. Everyone was aware of the racket. Owners of these private colleges would often receive phone calls from the high and the mighty pleading for “rebate” in capitation fee to someone close to them. All stakeholders were happy, including those who got to share a part of the loot at election time. Then came Vyapam, the scandal that shook Madhya Pradesh. A part of scam involved rigging of recru...