No promotion for MBBS students without exams: MCI
BS RAWAT
The Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India (MCI) has said in an advisory that no batch should be permitted to move to the next level of the MBBS course without an examination.
The Board of Governors, in suppression of Medical Council of India (MCI) stipulation, has issued the advisory on MBBS examination and external examiners for the MBBS examinations.
As per the advisory, the colleges should aim to complete the first MBBS course within two months of re-opening of the colleges and thereafter the first MBBS University exams should be completed as soon as possible, preferably within a month.
The pending supplementary examinations for final year MBBS students which were scheduled during the first half of 2020 should be conducted as soon as possible, as the students are waiting to appear for the examinations having completed the course once already and need not have to wait for the formal reopening of the colleges, the advisory said.
It also advised that relaxations provided for the conduct of final year postgraduate examination in terms of the appointment of examiners and the exam patterns, would also be applicable for the conduct of MBBS University examinations.
In respect of external examiners for the MBBS examinations, the university is advised to consider the risk stratification of the areas where the Medical colleges/institutions are located. If external examiners are not available from outside the state due to pandemic then the external examiners are to be selected from a different university in the state. These external examiners have to be physically present at the venue of the examination.