The National Medical Commission (NMC) has a tough stand on medical degrees from abroad. In the proposed National Exit Test from next year, students coming with degrees from abroad will have to go through a tough test. Although students studying in India will also sit in this test, but those who bring degrees from abroad will have to give an additional question paper. It is known that due to the shortage of medical seats in the country, a large number of students go to study abroad.
The final notification of the NMC regarding the National Exit Examination is yet to be issued, but in the draft that has been released, it has been said that the National Exit Examination i.e. Next will be held in two parts. Next step-one and next step-two. All the students who have completed the medical degree will have to attend. Only after passing it will they be allowed to do one year internship. Only after that they will get permanent registration.
MBBS: Medical students will be improved by new internship rules, know how to get degree and doctoral license
As per the draft, in the next step one, there will be a separate paper for students coming with degrees from abroad, which students from India will not have to give. It has been said that in this paper the pre and para clinical knowledge of students studying abroad will be assessed. Let us tell here that for medical studies abroad, it is mandatory to qualify NEET.
NMC also made these new rules
Secondly, in the new rules, the NMC has also made rules that the subjects of the degree that Indian students are pursuing abroad should be at par with the subjects taught in MBBS in India. The duration should also be 54 months. Practicals should also be the same and the medium should also be English. In such a situation, the question is also arising that when all the standards are the same, then what is the justification for having a separate paper for the students coming from abroad in the exit test. It may be disputed that this rule does not give equal opportunities to all the students.
Test must be passed within two years
Not only this, the difficulties of students coming from abroad will not end here. The draft states that it will be mandatory for students coming with degrees from abroad to clear the National Exit Test within two years. It is clear that if a student is not able to pass the test within two years, his degree will be void. There is currently no time limit for passing the screening test. Whether it will be mandatory for students studying in India to pass the exit test within two years is not clear in the draft.
MBBS: Internship is necessary in India even after studying medicine from abroad, degree should be equivalent to Indian MBBS
Screening test pass rate less than 20% in one go
It is known that there are about 90 thousand MBBS seats in the country. But every year 20-25 thousand students go to study in Russia, former Soviet countries, China, America, UK etc. Even now Nepal and Bangladesh have started going. Along with easy admission, medical studies abroad are 60-70% cheaper than the private sector in India. However, questions have also been raised about the quality of medical education in former Soviet countries, China, etc. The rate of passing the screening test in one go has been found to be less than 20 percent of students coming from these countries. In such a situation, if the condition of passing within two years is imposed, then the difficulties of such students will increase.