National Exit Test for Ayush to be effective for students of 2021-2022 batch: Prataprao Jadhav
Union Minister of State for Ayush (Independent Charge) Prataprao Jadhav on Thursday announced that the National Exit Test (NExT) for Ayush will be effective for the students of 2021-22 academic session batch onwards. The decision was taken on the recommendations of a committee set up in this regard to review the concerns of the students in this matter, Jadhav said during a press briefing.
The committee has recommended that the NExT will be applied to the students enrolled in the 2021-22 academic session under the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) and the National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH) Acts, 2020, removing any ambiguity in its implementation.
The committee was presided by Vice Chancellor, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, Professor Sanjeev Sharma, who was responsible for reviewing the suggestions from the students and submitting the recommendations to the ministry.
The test is mandatory for licensing and enrollment in the state or national registers after completing a one-year internship and the structure is problem-based examination featuring clinical case scenarios, images and videos to evaluate practical skills, the minister said.
Those interns who have not completed their internship but qualified in the National Exit Test shall be eligible to register in the state or national registration board only after completion of one year internship, Jadhav stated.
This announcement has been made after various number of representations came from the students of Ayush stream
