Over 31,800 paramedical seats still remain vacant even after fifth admission round

Admission to paramedical courses in Gujarat continues to face an acute crisis of vacancy, with as many as 31,870 seats said to be remaining vacant following the end of the fifth round for the 2025–26 academic session. According to a provisional Round 5 allotment list published by GPNAMEC, there is a gap between the availability and intake of students.

In total, 7,155 candidates have exercised choices regarding seat allotments in this round. Of the total, 2,833 students got a fresh allotment and 310 candidates upgraded their earlier allotted seats. Thus, total admissions secured in Round 5 are 3,143.

Though five rounds of counselling have been carried out, only 20,920 seats have been filled so far out of the total 51,790 seats in key paramedical courses like Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, and Prosthetics & Orthotics, leaving over 60% of the total seats vacant. Again, this brings up questions relating to dwindling interest among students, or awareness gaps, or perhaps issues concerning course availability, fee-related problems, or institutional choices.

The committee has asked the students who were allotted seats in Round 5 to confirm the admissions before November 11, failing which the seats would be forfeited or released in subsequent rounds.

Course-wise, most of the seats in high-demand para-medical courses like ANM, B.Sc. Nursing, GNM, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, and Prosthetics & Orthotics have almost been filled up in government colleges, with students still preferring the institutes over private ones. On the other hand, private colleges are not getting enough admissions.