Final MBBS exams deferred

Final MBBS exams deferred

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bengaluru:29.11.2020

The final examinations for MBBS students scheduled for January 2021 have been postponed to February and March.

Examinations for first-year students will be held from February 8, for second-year students from March 2 and for third-year students from March 23.

Medical students had protested and organised Twitter campaigns demanding their annual examinations to be held in January 2020 be postponed. They had complained of insufficient time for preparation, ineffective online classes, and a lack of practical exposure. More than 25,000 medicos had participated in the Twitter campaign and a delegation of AIDSO Karnataka met the vice-chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) submitted a memorandum demanding postponement of exams.

Dr S Sacchidanand, vice-chancellor, RGUHS, said the postponement is based on guidelines provided by the National Medical Commission. He said that not every student was against exams in January and the delay will have a cascading effect on the academic calendar. “There is already a division between batches. We have conducted exams for odd batches because we need interns to join us as soon as possible,” he said. Students in odd batches are those who have back-papers.