Centre exploring ways to let evacuees complete studies

Centre exploring ways to let evacuees complete studies

Health Ministry, NMC & Niti Aayog Expected To Meet Soon

Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com

New Delhi : With future of many Indian students who were pursuing medical education in war torn Ukraine in limbo, the government along with the National Medical Commission of India is discussing possibilities to accommodate such students in either Indian medical colleges or those abroad so that they can complete their courses.

“There is a need to examine this on humanitarian grounds. We will have to see how many such students are affected, how many of them are in third or fourth year and what are the existing provisions. We will do whatever possible to support them,” a senior official said.

The commission, health ministry and member from Niti Aayog is expected to meet soon to deliberate on the issue, sources said.

Another official from the health ministry said the concerned departments are examining it and the government will do whatever possible to support such students.

According to a source, the  government is looking at possibilities of whether provisions can be made on humanitarian ground to accommodate such students from Ukraine in either private medical colleges or allow their transfer to colleges in other countries so that they can appear for NEETFMG.

Some local doctors’ associations have made represen-tations to NMC seeking intervention to introduce special provisions enabling transfer of such students to medical colleges in other countries. This will ensure their eligibility to apply for the entrance exam in India as foreign medical graduates (FMG).

Medical students pursuing medicine from foreignuniversities have to clear the screening test. Once they clear they are equal to any other Indian medical graduate for further practice and employment as a medical doctor in India.

However, the NMC regulation does not allow migration of FMG from one medical college to another.

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