<p>Undergrduate medical and dental courses will get costlier this academic year with the Karnataka government approving a 10 per cent hike in fees. </p>.<p>Sources in the department of medical education confirmed to <em>DH</em> that the fee hike was decided in a meeting held with representatives of private medical colleges on Friday.</p>.<p>With this hike, students getting admissions under government-quota seats in private colleges will have to pay Rs 12,884 more, as the fee will be Rs 1,41,630 a year.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/gita-to-be-part-of-moral-education-in-karnataka-schools-from-december-1146577.html" target="_blank">Gita to be part of moral education in Karnataka schools from December</a></strong></p>.<p>The existing fee for government-quota MBBS seats at private colleges is Rs 1,28,746.</p>.<p>Private colleges give 40 per cent MBBS seats to the government. For dental, private colleges give 35 per cent seats to the government. </p>.<p>Colleges demanded a 15 per cent hike citing difficulty in operational costs. There was no fee hike in 2021-22, they said, while the pay scale for teaching staff has increased.</p>.<p>However, the government turned down their demand and convinced them for a 10 per cent hike.</p>.<p>"Last year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we did not push for a feek hike on humanitarian grounds. This year we demanded a 15 per cent raise. But, the government agreed for 10 per cent," a member of a private college management said.</p>.<p>According to the sources, the consensual agreement will be signed on Monday after which Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai or Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar will formally announce the new fee structure. </p>.<p>Fees at government colleges will remain the same as last year at Rs 59,800. The last fee hike at government medical colleges was in 2018-19, when it went up from Rs 16,700 to Rs 59,800. </p>.<p><strong>Existing fees:</strong></p>.<p>- Government-quota MBBS seats at private medical colleges: Rs 1,28,746<br />- Private-quota MBBS seats at private colleges: Rs 9,81,956</p>.<p>- Government-quota dental seats in private colleges: Rs 83,356<br />- Private-quota dental seats at private colleges: Rs 6,66,023</p>
<p>Undergrduate medical and dental courses will get costlier this academic year with the Karnataka government approving a 10 per cent hike in fees. </p>.<p>Sources in the department of medical education confirmed to <em>DH</em> that the fee hike was decided in a meeting held with representatives of private medical colleges on Friday.</p>.<p>With this hike, students getting admissions under government-quota seats in private colleges will have to pay Rs 12,884 more, as the fee will be Rs 1,41,630 a year.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/gita-to-be-part-of-moral-education-in-karnataka-schools-from-december-1146577.html" target="_blank">Gita to be part of moral education in Karnataka schools from December</a></strong></p>.<p>The existing fee for government-quota MBBS seats at private colleges is Rs 1,28,746.</p>.<p>Private colleges give 40 per cent MBBS seats to the government. For dental, private colleges give 35 per cent seats to the government. </p>.<p>Colleges demanded a 15 per cent hike citing difficulty in operational costs. There was no fee hike in 2021-22, they said, while the pay scale for teaching staff has increased.</p>.<p>However, the government turned down their demand and convinced them for a 10 per cent hike.</p>.<p>"Last year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we did not push for a feek hike on humanitarian grounds. This year we demanded a 15 per cent raise. But, the government agreed for 10 per cent," a member of a private college management said.</p>.<p>According to the sources, the consensual agreement will be signed on Monday after which Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai or Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar will formally announce the new fee structure. </p>.<p>Fees at government colleges will remain the same as last year at Rs 59,800. The last fee hike at government medical colleges was in 2018-19, when it went up from Rs 16,700 to Rs 59,800. </p>.<p><strong>Existing fees:</strong></p>.<p>- Government-quota MBBS seats at private medical colleges: Rs 1,28,746<br />- Private-quota MBBS seats at private colleges: Rs 9,81,956</p>.<p>- Government-quota dental seats in private colleges: Rs 83,356<br />- Private-quota dental seats at private colleges: Rs 6,66,023</p>