Page 2 - Medical Entrance

Parliamentary standing committee pitches for ramping up medical seats

Panel report recommends faculty development programs, institute for training medical teachers

Unnecessary restriction

Limits on medical colleges in some states should be reconsidered

Parents tell children there's no going back: Police on suicides in Kota

One of the major reasons behind poor mental health of students in this coaching hub that often prompts them to take the extreme step is "parents telling them there is no going back", according to police and district officials attempting preventive measures as record student suicides rock "Kota factory". Top coaching institutes also claim that majority parents refuse to accept feedback provided to them and want their children to continue anyway in their preparation for engineering and medical entrance exams. From reaching out to parents about possible signs of depression in their child, no aptitude for the particular subject or career, inability to live away from home, police and coaching institutes say their communications to parents about such issues are often met with resistance and majority of them refuse to accept these. "Amid our interactions with the students, we found a student who was visibly depressed. I decided to call his father. His response was 'ye to auron ko depress k

AIIMS-Delhi cancels mock NExT exam scheduled for July 28, refund initiated

The AIIMS-Delhi on Wednesday cancelled the mock NExT exam scheduled for July 28 after the National Medical Commission deferred the National Exit Test (NExT) for final year MBBS students of the 2019 batch. In a notice, the AIIMS said the process to refund registration fees of candidates for the mock test has been initiated. The NMC on July 13 said the NExT exam has been deferred till further directions from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The NExT shall form the basis of certifying the eligibility of a medical graduate to register to practice the modern system of medicine in India and therefore serve as a licentiate examination. It will also form the basis for determining the eligibility and ranking for admission of those desirous of pursuing further postgraduate medical education in the country in broad medical specialities and therefore serve as an entrance examination for admission to courses of PG medical education. The AIIMS of Wednesday said, "In reference to the .

Health ministry asks NMC to waive fees for mock NExT to be held on July 28

Deliberations have begun at the National Medical Commission (NMC) after the Union health ministry asked it to consider waiving the fees for the mock National Exit Test (NExT) to be held on July 28 for the 2019 batch of final-year MBBS students across the country. The NExT, scheduled for July 28, will be conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi. According to a notification issued by the premier medical institute last week, "General" category and OBC candidates will have to pay Rs 2,000 each to appear in the mock test, while an SC, ST or EWS applicant will have to pay Rs 1,000. Persons with benchmark disabilities will not have to pay any fee to appear in the examination. The AIIMS, Delhi has been entrusted with the job of conducting the mock test. It will be a computer-based examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, sources said. The aim of conducting the mock test is to familiarise the prospective candidates with the computer-based test, ..

NMC proposes common counselling for admissions to graduate courses in India

The National Medical Commission in its new regulations has proposed a common counselling for admissions to graduate courses at all medical institutions in the country on the basis of the NEET-UG merit list. These new Regulations are called Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 or GMER-23. "Without prejudice to anything stated in the present Regulations or other NMC Regulations, there shall be common counselling for admission to graduate courses in medicine for all Medical Institutions in India based on the merit list of the NEET-UG," the NMC in a gazette notification on June 2 said. Counselling shall entirely be based on the seat matrix provided by NMC, provided the common counselling may have multiple rounds as may be necessary, it stated. The Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) shall publish guidelines for the conduct of common counselling, and the designated authority under section 17 below shall conduct the counselling in conformity with the published ...

Delhi HC asks Centre to take decision on filling up MBBS seats for PWDs

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to take a policy decision on a representation to fill up the vacant seats reserved in medical colleges for those suffering from benchmark disability by taking in candidates who fall short of the threshold but are persons with disabilities (PWD). A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma also asked the Centre to respond to a petition filed by an MBBS aspirant having less than benchmark disability who sought admission in a medical college against one of the unfilled seats reserved for PWD. The petitioner, who has a permanent locomotor disability, scored 96.06 percentile in NEET-UG 2022 and was found to be short of the 40 per cent threshold prescribed for a benchmark disability a precondition for claiming reservation in education. The petitioner said it will be unfair to grant a seat earmarked for candidates with benchmark disabilities to a candidate without any disability by converting them into general category seats. UOI

Chhattisgarh NEET UG Counselling 2022 list: Here's all you need to know

The Directorate of Medical Education, Chhattisgarh has announced the allotment result for Chhattisgarh National Eligibility Entrance Test for Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2022 counselling for round 1

Tamil Nadu NEET PG 2022 Counselling Round 2 Allotment List released

The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) Tamil Nadu officially released the Tamil Nadu NEET PG 2022 Counselling Round 2 Allotment List today

NEET UG 2022 Counselling schedule: Registrations to begin from October 11

The candidates can register themselves till October 17, 11 am and the choice filling and locking process will take place between October 14 to 18

NEET PG Counselling 2022: Round 1 seat resignation facility starts

The candidates, who resign the seat on or before October 10, will be considered for the second round of NEET PG counselling

UP NEET PG counselling registration 2022 begins; check details here

UP NEET PG counselling registration 2022 commences from today. Eligible candidates can register themselves on the official website- upneet.gov.in

Assam NEET PG counselling 2022 registration process begins; check details

Assam NEET PG Counselling 2022 registration process begins from Monday till Sept 23. Eligible candidates can visit the official website- dme.assam.gov.in

FMGE 2022 exam date declared; step-by-step guide for registration process

FMGE 2022 exam date out. Candidates can check the official website for full schedule

Medical students back from Ukraine stuck between a rock and a hard place

Protests and strikes by students seeking accommodation in Indian medical colleges have so far not yielded any assurance from the NMC, Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

EWS quota in NEET-PG: SC lists batch of pleas for final hearing in April

Senior advocate Arvind Datar, appearing for MBBS doctors, said examination will be held in May and results will be announced thereafter

The Ukraine wake-up call

Concerted efforts should be made to make medical education affordable

Naveen's death is reflection of NEET's 'shameless face': Kumaraswamy

Stating that dreaming of medical education has become a mirage for the poor and the middle class after introducing NEET, Kumaraswamy said, tutorials have mushroomed, fleecing students

Denied citizenship, Pakistani immigrant's son cracks India's NEET exam

For Premchand, a street seller of clothes in Jodhpur, his son Sandeep's achievement is an opportunity to look back at his own journey

NEET-PG 2022 to be held on May 21, applications open till March 25: NBEMS

The online application window for submission of applications for NEET-PG 2022 which was earlier notified to be closed on February 4 shall now continue till March 25, the notice said