‘Students without Biology in Class 12 can still become doctors’: NMC guidelines
NEET PG qualifying percentile reduced to zero: Congress slams decision The new NMC rule says that students who pursued physics, chemistry, biology, or biotechnology along with English even as an additional subject after passing class 12 from duly recognised boards will be eligible to appear in the NEET-UG test. NEET PG 2023: Candidates scoring in ‘negative’ also eligible for counselling The decision will apply even to those students whose applications were previously rejected, NMC added.
The erstwhile Medical Council of India (MCI) had mentioned that candidates must have undergone two years of regular or continuous study of the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, or Biotechnology, in Class 11 and 12 with practical, along with English could sit for the exam. Earlier, the two-year study was required to be completed from regular schools and not from open schools or as private candidates.
NTA releases 2024 exam calendar for JEE, CUET, NEET, among others. Check here Further, the study of Biology and Biotechnology or any other requisite subject, could not be completed as an additional subject after passing Class 12.
The provisions had been challenged before the Delhi High Court and were quashed vide judgment dated May 11, 2018, in a case and other related matters. This had a consequential bearing on the candidates seeking admission in graduate and primary medical courses in foreign medical institutes due to the statutory regulations in this regard i.e.
the eligibility requirement for taking admission in an Undergraduate Medical Course in a Foreign Medical Institution Regulations, 2002 and the Screening Test Regulation, 2002. Centre approves 10% reservation for govt school students in medical education In this background,
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