![Representatives of Nursing & Allied Healthcare colleges addressing a press conference at Jammu on Sunday. Representatives of Nursing & Allied Healthcare colleges addressing a press conference at Jammu on Sunday.](https://cdndailyexcelsior.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/page7-6-10.jpg)
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 17: Association of Nursing and Allied Healthcare Colleges has appealed Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to address their grievances and issues, particularly allowing admission against vacant seats.
Talking to media persons, here today, President of the Association, Pankaj Sangral drew attention towards series of correspondences and meetings with Government officials of Health and Medical Education Department regarding the burning issue of admission procedure to the different Paramedical and Nursing Diploma and Degree Courses by Board of Professional Entrance Examination and the problems faced by the colleges/institutes.
“Since all the colleges/institutes have not been allotted admissions by BOPEE for the last two sessions, almost all the colleges/institutes are near to closure,” he said.
Besides the Executive members of the Association, some new Administrators/ owners of different colleges from across the entire Jammu, Kathua, Rajouri, Udhampur, Akhnoor and Poonch were also present in the press conference.
All the members present in the press conference requested to the Lieutenant Governor of J&K and Additional Chief Secretary Health and Medical Education to look into the matter on humanitarian grounds and save this noble sector of education from any further disaster by allowing admissions of vacant seats at college/institute level.
Further, they added, colleges/institutes may be allowed to invite admissions to different courses by means of social media, print media and other marketing platforms.
The Association also appealed the Additional Chief Secretary Health and Medical Education Department to implement the order number LPA/33/2022, dated 09-03-2002, made by High Court of Jammu and Kashmir regarding the left over seats available in the colleges.