Should OEC students alloted in categoryreserved mbbs seats in self-finanacing med colleges in Kerala have to pay tuition fee ranging from 5lakh to 8 lakh or will the government pay their tuition fee?

Hello student,

There is some fee concession for oec category students,

To claim any fee concession/scholarship: Candidates belonging to ‘Keralite’ category as

defined in Clause 6.1(i), except those who are eligible for educational and monetary benefits

admissible to SC/ST/OEC categories who wish to be considered for any fee

concession/scholarship/any other benefit based on the annual family income, that may be

announced by the Government/College/Admitting authority at any time after the submission of

the application, should upload the income certificate from the concerned authorities in the

prescribed format, to the online application itself, to avail of such concessions. Income

certificates produced after final submission of online application will not be considered for

granting any such concession

Candidates belonging to SC/ST communities allotted against merit seats or against the seats

reserved for them are exempted from payment of fees. Candidates belonging to OEC admitted

against merit seats or against the un-availed seats of SC/ST are exempted from payment of fee

(G.O.(MS) No.14/2005/SCSTDD dated 5.4.2005 & G.O.(Ms) No.36/07/SCSTDD dated 03.07.2007).

Candidates belonging to OEC admitted to Government seats through SEBC reservation are also

exempted from payment of fee (G.O.(Ms) No. 50/2006/SCSTDD dated 22.09.2006).

(a) Claim for fee concession to OEC candidates: Candidates belonging to Other Eligible

Communities are exempted from payment of fee at the time of allotment to professional Degree

Courses under Government/Community quota as per G.O. (MS) No. 36/07/SCSTDD dated

03.07.2007. Those OEC candidates who have submitted the Non-Creamy Layer Certificate for

availing the applicable reservation will be granted the fee concession based on the Non-Creamy

Layer Certificate. But those OEC candidates who do not come under Non-Creamy Layer Category

should upload the Community Certificate obtained from the village officer to the online

application for availing the fee concession.

For MBBS/BDS course:-

If any candidate admitted against Government Seats in the Government/Self financing Medical

& Dental Colleges allotted by the CEE for MBBS/BDS courses discontinues after the last

allotment notified by the CEE in the same academic year, to join other Courses/Colleges or for

other purposes, he/she is liable to pay liquidated damages of Rs.10,00,000/- (Rupees Ten Lakhs

only) for MBBS course and Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees five lakh only) for BDS course, irrespective of

annual family income/ nativity/ reservation status and also liable to be debarred from

appearing for the Entrance Examinations and/or allotments conducted by the CEE for a period

not exceeding two years. In case of failure to remit the penalty, the same is liable to be

recovered under the Revenue Recovery Act.

The candidates should execute a bond in the prescribed format shown in the Annexure XXV

regarding the payment of Liquidated damages.

2. For the remaining courses :-

If any candidate admitted to courses in Government/Aided/Government controlled Self

Financing/Private Self Financing colleges, discontinues the studies after the last allotment

notified by the CEE in the same academic year, to join other Courses /Colleges or for other

purposes, he/she is liable to pay liquidated damages of Rs.75,000/- (Rupees seventy five

thousand only). In all such cases the Transfer Certificate will be issued only after remitting the

liquidated damages to the admitting authority concerned. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/OEC

categories, candidates belonging to ‘Keralite’ category, as per Clause 6.1 (i), whose annual

family income is below Rs.75,000/- and who have uploaded Income Certificate to the online

application for admission to Professional Degree Courses 2020, candidates who are transferred

from one institution to another as per proceedings of the University concerned and the

students admitted in Government/Management seats in Professional Colleges who discontinue

their studies to join at any stage of the Course in National Defence Academy/ Naval Academy/

Defence Institutions are exempted from this condition and avoided from payment of liquidated

damages.

The candidates should execute a bond in the prescribed format shown in the Annexure XXV

regarding the payment of Liquidated damages.

Claim of OEC candidates against the un-availed seats of SC/ST candidates: Other Eligible

Community (OEC) candidates are eligible for the un-availed seats, if any, under SC/ST quota, as

per GO(P) No. 135/87/H.Edn dated 06.05.1987. They should specify their community status in

the application. Such candidates should upload “Non-Creamy Layer” Certificate for State

Government Education purpose obtained from the Village Officer concerned in the prescribed

proforma available to the online application itself as per GO(P) 1/2015/BCDD dated: 01.01.2015

and GO(MS) No.4/2015/H.Edn. dated: 05.01.2015. Relaxation in marks in the qualifying

examination as in the case of SEBC candidates will be applicable to OEC candidates [As per

GO(P) No.53/2000/SCSTDD dated 03.07.2000]. The list of Other Eligible Communities is given in

Annexure X of the Prospectus.

Hope this will help

Thank you