GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH
(HEALTH III BRANCH)

NOTIFICATION

No. 3/30/04-6HBIII/ Dated : 29/10/2004


SUBJECT : ADMISSION TO BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, NURSING (POST BASIC - 2004-05

1. GENERAL

The Governor of Punjab is pleased to notify that the admission to Bachelor of Science (Nursing – Post basic) course for the year 2004-05 in the institutions in the State of Punjab.

2. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

2.1
Candidate should have obtained a certificate in General Nursing and Midwifery from an institution recognised by the Punjab Nursing Council, Indian Nursing Council and affiliated to Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.
2.2
Candidate should be registered as Registered Nurse & Registered Midwife (RNRM) with the State Nursing Registration Council. A male nurse, trained before the implementation of new integrated course besides being registered as trained nurse with State Nurses Registration Council, shall produce evidence of having been trained in any one of the following requisite training approved by Indian Nursing Council for a similar duration in lieu of Midwifery, O.T. Technique, Ophthalmic Nursing, Leprosy Training, T.B. Training, Psychiatric Nursing, Neurological & Neuro-Surgical Nursing, Community Health Nursing, Orthopedic Nursing.
2.3
Age - The candidate must have completed 17 years of age as on 31/12/2004 i.e. he should have been born on or before 31/12/1987.

3. DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS

(a)
Government quota seats: 50% of the seats shall be government seats and shall be filled from the students who have requisite eligibility conditions as per Para 2 above.
(b)
Management seats: 50% seats shall be filled by the management. Out of management quota seats 35% seats shall be filled up from the candidates who have attained the qualification from the institution situated from the state of Punjab and up to 15% seats can be filled up by the management from the students who have attained the qualification from the institution situated out side from the State of Punjab.
(c)
The seats remaining vacant in government quota shall be transferred to management quota and vice versa.

4. EXEMPTIONS UNDER PARA 2.1 and 2.2

The condition of eligibility i.e. institutions situated in the State of Punjab given in Para 2.1 and 2.2 above shall not be applicable to the following categories of candidates :

(a)
Children, wards and dependent ( whose parents are not alive ) of those Judges serving on benches of the Hon’ble Punjab & Haryana High Court, employees of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, regular Punjab Government employees/ Members of All India Service born on Punjab cadre/ boards and Corporations/ Statutory bodies established by or under an Act of the State of Punjab, who are posted outside State of Punjab and have been holding the post outside Punjab on or before Ist January of the years of entrance examination that is on or before Ist January 2004.
(b)
Children, wards and dependents (whose parents are not alive) of those regular Central Government Employees not covered under other categories of (i) above who have served for at least for two years in Punjab out of the 3 years preceding the year of entrance examination but were posted out of Punjab for some time during the said period of three years due to which the children/ wards were compelled to do 10+1 and/ or 10+2 or equivalent qualifying examination from out side Punjab. However those who have been holding the post in Punjab continuously for three years during the period shall not be entitled to be exempted under this clause as they are equally placed with other Punjab Government employed posted in Punjab. The three years for admission for the year 2004 are 2001, 2002 and 2003.
(c)
Children, wards and dependents (whose parents are not alive) of those Punjab Government pensioners settled outside Punjab State before Ist January of the year of entrance examination i.e. Ist January 2004.
(d)
Children, wards and dependents ( whose parents are not alive ) of military/ paramilitary farces personnel belonging to the State of Punjab as per record at the time of their entry into service ( a certificate on prescribed proforma by the Commanding Officer of the Unit has to be furnished;)
(e)
Children, wards and dependents (whose parents are not alive) of the ex-employees of military / para-military forces personnel belonging to the State of Punjab as per record at the time of their entry into the service, who have retired on or after Ist January of the year, preceding two years of the year of entrance examination (i.e. on or after Ist January 2002) for admission of the year 2004.
(f)
Candidates who are applying against the 15% seats reserved for candidates who have passed General Nursing Course from out side the State of Punjab.

Note 1. The dependency certificate in case of those whose parents are not alive shall have to be taken from the Deputy Commissioner of the District where the candidate reside.

5. INSTITUTIONS AND SEATS

5.1 PRIVATE COLLEGES

SN. Name of the College Recognised/ Approved Seats Government Quota Management Quota
01 College of Nursing,
Adesh Institute of Medical Science,
Mukatsar.
Approved 35 18 17(4)

* Figure in brackets indicates the out of Punjab State 15% quota seats. [See Para 3.2 (b)].

6. PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION

(a)

The distribution of seats would be:

Government quota seats – 50%
Management quota seats – 50%

(b)
The government quota seats would be filled up by the Admission Committee as per para 9 below.
(c)
The Management seats would be filled up by a Committee headed by the Principal of the institution concerned and comprising of the representative of the government. The Principals will request the government well in advance for nominating their representatives. Government quota seats remaining vacant will be transferred to management quota and vice-versa.

7. RESERVATION

7.1 Government Seats – The reservation for various categories will be as under: (Total: 30%)
a) Scheduled Caste 25%
b) Backward Classes 5%
7.2
Explanation – The following point shall be observed while granting above reservation:
a)
The above reservation will be made in college separately subject to the availability of seats as per instruction issued by the Government of Punjab from time to time. The reservation in each institution shall not exceed 25% in case of SC and 30% in case of SC and BC combined together.
b)
Students claiming benefits of reservation under SC/BC category will be required to produce a certificate from the competent authority as per instructions of the department of welfare No. 1/41/96-CI/110001-17 dated Chandigarh 5/12/1996 (for SC) and 1/41/93-RCI/459 dated 17/1/1994 (for BC).
c)
There shall be no reservation in the management quota seats. The reserve category candidates will however be able to complete for the seats on the basis of their merit.

8. MODE OF SELECTION AND ADMISSION

a)
The admission shall be as per merit in the qualifying examination.
b)
Interview shall be compulsory.
c)

The interview/counseling schedule shall be notified by the Principal of the concerned college.
d)
In case the two students have equal marks in the qualifying examination then the inter-se merit shall be determined as follows:
i. Candidate getting higher marks in the Final Year of qualifying examination.
ii. Candidate having more working experience.
iii. Candidate older in age.

9. ADMISSIIONS COMMITTEES

9.1 Government quota seats - The following committee is constituted for holding interview for admission:
 
i. Principal, University College of Nursing -Faridkot. Chairman
ii. Representative of DRME Member
iii. Representative of Welfare Department Member
9.2 Management quota seats in private institutions – The following Committee would finalise the admissions against management quota seats in private institutions:
i. Principal of the concerned institutions Chairman
ii. Representative of DRME Member

10 FEE STRUCTURE

Private institutions -

(a) Fees (Provisional ) Rs.
  College fee 35,000 per annum

 
Note 1-
These include all kinds of charges and nothing extra will be charged from the students under any head or guise.

Note 2-
The fee will be payable on annual basis and the colleges will not insist on deposit of fee of the entire course in advance. At the most students can be asked to give a bond that they will be liable to pay the balance fee for the whole course even if they left in midstream.
Note 3-
The fee shall be refunded/ adjusted if a candidate is shifted from one college to an other in second or subsequent counselling/ operation of waiting list.
 
(b) Hostel fee and Security Advance (Provisional)
i.
General Room Rs. 10,000/- per year (Maximum) for single bed. Proportionate reduction if the room is shared.
ii.

Special Room (attached bathroom and AC) Rs. 20, 000/- per year Maximum.
iii.

Security Advance Rs. 10,000/- or its equivalent (to be refundable at the completion of course.
iv.
Mess charges- Actual and to be managed by the students
(These charges are exclusive of electricity/ water but inclusive of everything else.)
   
(c) Fee Fixation Committee – The fee and charges indicated in para 10.2 (a) and (b) above are provisional. The institutions will charge the provisional fee till their fee structure is approved by the Fee Committee under the Chairmanship of a retired HC Judge, which has already been constituted by the Government. The difference between the provisional fee and the final fee will be adjusted after finalization of the fee structure.

11. LAST DATE OF ADMISSION- All admissions shall be finalised by 10/11/2004 and no admission should be allowed after the cut off date of 10/11/2004.

Dated, Chandigarh
the 29/10/2004

Satish Chandra
Secretary to Govt. of Punjab,
Deptt. of Medical Education and & Research.

   

No. 3/30/04-6HBIII/

Dated : 29/10/2004

A copy along with spare copy is forwarded to the Controller, Printing and Stationary Department, Chandigarh Administration, Chandigarh for publishing in the Punjab Government Gazette (Ordinary) and supply two hundred copies without endorsement to this department, for official use.

  Superintendent
No3/30/04-6HBII/ Dated : 29/10/2004

A copy is forwarded for information and necessary action to the:

1. Director, Research and Medical Education, Punjab, Chandigarh.
2. Director, Health & Family Welfare, Punjab, Chandigarh.
3. Director, Ayurvedic, Punjab, Chandigarh.
4. Director, Homoeopathic, Punjab, Chandigarh.
5. Director Sports, Punjab, Chandigarh.
6. Director, Welfare of SC’s and BC’s, Chandigarh.
7. President, Punjab Medical Council, SCO No. 25, SAS Nagar, Mohali.
8. Chairman, Homoeopathic Council, Punjab, Chandigarh.
9. Chairman, Punjab Ayurvedic Board, Punjab, Sector - 22, Punjab.
10. To all institutions concerned.

  Superintendent