Hike cutoff for doing foreign med courses, HC tells MCI
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:29.09.2018
Justice N Kirubakaran of the Madras high court on Friday ordered the Medical Council of India and the Centre to increase the qualifying marks for the screening exam for enrolling in medical courses in foreign countries from 50% to 80%.
In the past 10 years, just 15% to 25% of doctors with foreign degrees have managed to clear the mandatory Foreign Medical Graduate Examination, conducted by the National Board of Examination to practise in India, the court said. When students with more than 95% marks are unable to get a medical college seat in India, how can candidates with 50% marks in the qualifying exam be allowed to get admission in a foreign college, the court asked.
‘Only meritorious should get med seats’
“The above details would only make one to understand that the minimum marks of 50% prescribed by MCI has to be revised and higher marks have to be prescribed as minimum marks as the percentage of candidates passing FMGE is very less. Therefore, for this year, the minimum marks to be prescribed should be raised from 50% to at least 80%,” the judge said.
Justice Kirubakaran made the observations on a plea moved by Thamarai Selvan, a foreign medical degree holder seeking direction to the MCI to issue certificate of provisional registration to enable him to undergo the Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship (CRRI) in an approved medical college-hospital in the state and subsequently issue permanent registration certificate on successful completion of CRRI.
During the hearing, counsel for MCI submitted that before introduction of NEET, the MCI had prescribed 50% as minimum marks in physics, chemistry and biology together for getting eligibility certificate and the same would continue this year. “One-time exemption was given for academic year 2018-19 since qualification in NEET was made mandatory by notification dated March 1, 2018 and the last date for registration was March 9. The candidates did not have sufficient time to prepare for the examination,” counsel said.
Recording the submission, the court said, “Health is very important for any human being and it is the duty of the governments to provide quality medical service to its subjects. Only those candidates with merits, which is usually determined based on academic excellence, have to be admitted in medical institutions.”
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:29.09.2018
Justice N Kirubakaran of the Madras high court on Friday ordered the Medical Council of India and the Centre to increase the qualifying marks for the screening exam for enrolling in medical courses in foreign countries from 50% to 80%.
In the past 10 years, just 15% to 25% of doctors with foreign degrees have managed to clear the mandatory Foreign Medical Graduate Examination, conducted by the National Board of Examination to practise in India, the court said. When students with more than 95% marks are unable to get a medical college seat in India, how can candidates with 50% marks in the qualifying exam be allowed to get admission in a foreign college, the court asked.
‘Only meritorious should get med seats’
“The above details would only make one to understand that the minimum marks of 50% prescribed by MCI has to be revised and higher marks have to be prescribed as minimum marks as the percentage of candidates passing FMGE is very less. Therefore, for this year, the minimum marks to be prescribed should be raised from 50% to at least 80%,” the judge said.
Justice Kirubakaran made the observations on a plea moved by Thamarai Selvan, a foreign medical degree holder seeking direction to the MCI to issue certificate of provisional registration to enable him to undergo the Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship (CRRI) in an approved medical college-hospital in the state and subsequently issue permanent registration certificate on successful completion of CRRI.
During the hearing, counsel for MCI submitted that before introduction of NEET, the MCI had prescribed 50% as minimum marks in physics, chemistry and biology together for getting eligibility certificate and the same would continue this year. “One-time exemption was given for academic year 2018-19 since qualification in NEET was made mandatory by notification dated March 1, 2018 and the last date for registration was March 9. The candidates did not have sufficient time to prepare for the examination,” counsel said.
Recording the submission, the court said, “Health is very important for any human being and it is the duty of the governments to provide quality medical service to its subjects. Only those candidates with merits, which is usually determined based on academic excellence, have to be admitted in medical institutions.”
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