NMC has launched an online monitoring system to effectively monitor that all MBBS admissions made are in conformity with the requirement of regulations. (Representative image. Express photo_ The National Medical Commission (NMC) has asked all medical colleges to send relevant details of all students admitted in first year MBBS course for the academic year 2023-24 by October 20.
NMC also reiterated that while granting admission in MBBS courses, the medical colleges are required to ensure that the admission is in terms of the following parameters, based upon the NMC regulations:
— No admission is permissible beyond the sanctioned intake capacity.
— Eliglbility criteria regarding age and qualifying marks for different categories as per Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 2023
. Completed the age of 17 year on or before December 31 of the year of admission to the MBBS course.
. Must have passed the qualifying examination i e. 10+2
— Must have qualified NEET-UG for admission in MBBS course:
. General Category: 50s percentile or above
. Physically Handicapped: 45th percentile or above
. Reserved {SC/ST/OBC}: 40th percentile or above.
“The Medical Colleges are required to ensure that all admission in courses of medicine falling within the purview of the NMC Act, 2019 are strictly in accordance with merit and are made in a transparent and fair manner as envisaged in the Regulations. Any violation shall lead to discharge of the students from the MBBS programme and action against the concerned Medical College/ Institution as is permissible in law,” NMC stated in an official notice.
Also, the Commission has launched an online monitoring system to effectively monitor that all MBBS admissions made are in conformity with the requirement of regulations.