NMC Planning to provide relief for Indian students from Ukraine & china
The National Medical Commission is considering relief to Indian students from Ukraine, china allowing final year medical students to complete their education from their respective universities online and then take the exam Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE) here, official sources said after the supreme court intervene in the date 19 April 2022.
The interim relief, being planned to help Indian students forced to stop their studies and cut short their studies due to the conflict/war in Ukraine and the pandemic covid-19 in China, will be a one-time relief, NMC officials said. Students who already clear the FMGE may be allowed to do an internship in accordance with Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (CRMI) regulations for two years instead of one year, the NMC's Undergraduate Medical Board (UGMEB) has said in a proposal to the Health Ministry.
The doubling of the internship period is aimed at overcoming the deficit and broad knowledge in clinical and practical training.
However, first and second-year MBBS students from Ukraine and China are will not get any relief.
The UGMEB has suggested first and second-year MBBS students appear for the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) exam for admission to a college in India according to their merit, an official source told PTI.
Explaining the proposal, he said students across the years may be allowed to go to a foreign country to finish their course if they don’t agree to the UGMEB plan.
''CIS countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Romania have already shown their willingness and readiness to allow the continuation of studies for the candidates affected by the global crisis in their countries,'' the source said.
NMC regulations issued in last year's gazettes, mandate that undergraduate courses need to be completed from a single institution/university to appear for FMGE.
About 40,000 students studying medicine in Ukraine and China have returned home. An MBBS degree is for five-and-a-half years -- nine semesters over four-and-a-half years and one year of compulsory rotatory internship.
The UGMEB, a source said, has stated it is not possible/feasible to accommodate or transfer these medical students from Institutes in Ukraine to Indian medical colleges to complete their qualifications due to several reasons.
The NMC is of the view that the course curriculum of foreign medical qualifications is not equivalent to what is prescribed under the Indian medical education system and is also not at par with its standard. The UGMEB has also said that non-availability of adequate infrastructural facilities and faculties in Indian medical colleges/institutes to train the additional number of medical students from outside.
Deliberations in the NMC and Health Ministry began after the Supreme Court on April 29 directed the regulatory body (NMC) to frame a scheme in two months to enable MBBS students affected by war and pandemics to complete their clinical training in medical colleges here, the source told PTI. At present, there are no norms or provisions under NMC regulations to accommodate Indian students pursuing medical courses abroad who had to return home midway through their academic sessions.
source:-https://www.businesstoday.in/education/story/nmc-considers-relief-for-indian-medical-students-from-ukraine-china-337972-2022-06-16
