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36,252 nursing, paramedical seats vacant in Gujarat after 3 rounds
Over two-thirds of seats in Gujarat's nursing and paramedical colleges remain unfilled after three rounds of admissions, with 36,252 of 53,206 seats vacant across 1,095 colleges. Only 16,954 students have been enrolled, and the admission committee has authorised self-financed colleges to fill vacant seats directly by the 30 October deadline, subject to rules and eligibility criteria.
The Gujarat Professional Nursing and Allied Medical Educational Courses Admission Committee has also opened a fresh choice-filling round for 444 vacant seats in government colleges, running from 13 to 16 October. The vacancies include 145 seats in auxiliary nurse midwifery, 133 in general nursing and midwifery, 98 in physiotherapy, 46 in BSc nursing, 15 in orthotics and prosthetics, and seven in BASLP courses.
As many as 138 colleges have admitted no students at all, 57 have admitted just one student each, and another 57 have admitted two students each. Overall, 1,015 colleges have reported low enrolment despite thousands of available seats, even as over 100 new colleges have reportedly sought approval to start courses.
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The scale of vacancies across 1,095 colleges suggests a structural mismatch between seat supply and student demand, even as new institutions seek approval to enter the sector. The direct-filling window for self-financed colleges and the fresh government college round are stopgap measures, they do not address why 138 colleges drew zero students. With the 30 October deadline approaching, the next data point to watch is how many of the 36,252 vacant seats are filled through direct admissions.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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