Jammu: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved filling up of left-over vacancies in paramedical institutions after centralized counselling by the Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE) is over, an official press release informed Wednesday.
It said Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the LG; Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; and Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to LG attended the meeting.
The Administrative Council approved the filling up of left-over seats for admission to M.Sc/B.Sc Nursing, Post-Basic B.Sc Nursing, B. Pharmacy Course and various other paramedical courses in the government-run institutions and private institutions in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir by the institution itself, on a merit basis strictly as per the eligibility criteria and Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) framed by the government, after the centralized counselling by the BOPEE is over, the release said.
It said this has been necessitated because of the fact that the majority of such seats in the private as well as government nursing and paramedical institutions remain unfilled and a representation in this regard was submitted by the promoters of the institutions.
By virtue of the SAC decision dated 30-7-2019, the Health and Medical Education Department issued SRO-505 of 2019 dated 20-8-2019 vide which admission to nursing and paramedical courses offered by the government/private institutions/universities were to be made by J&K BOPEE on merit basis. Subsequently, vide SRO- 640 of 2019 dated 24-10-2019, the notification SRO-505 of 2019 dated 20-8-2019 was to take effect from academic session 2020-21. Admissions were made by J&K BOPEE but the majority of seats in institutions remained unfilled.
The case was examined and the model in Punjab was also studied. Thereafter the Health and Medical Education Department took a decision to frame SoPs in consultation with the Registrar, J&K Paramedical Council. In consultation with GAD and J&K BOPEE, the H&ME Department submitted the instant proposal for the approval of the Administrative Council, the press release said.
