NMC withdraws decision on reduction in MBBS passing marks to 40%

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has on Friday, October 6, withdrawn the guidelines to reduce the MBBS passing marks to 40 per cent. Saying that the reduction in cut-off in the MBBS passing marks to 40 per cent is “not possible”, NMC added that the decision has been made after thorough consideration of the subject matter.

Earlier in September, the commission had reduced the passing marks to 40 per cent for MBBS subjects having two papers. The commission had amended the Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum guidelines regarding the passing marks in university conducted examinations.

As per the revised CBME guidelines announced on September 1, NMC said: “In subjects that have two papers, the learner must secure minimum 40 per cent of marks in aggregate (both papers together) to pass in said subject.”

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Although the NMC guidelines revised the MBBS passing marks, many students opined the move to lower the passing marks as a good move.