Judgment on whether medical aspirants can purse overseas MBBS without qualifying NEET to be passed soon

Date: 4^th Sept 2018

Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/can-medical-aspirants-pursue-overseas-mbbs-without-neet-1331570-2018-09-04

This has been the most ragging issue among experts at http://gkworks.in/  since it was a major change which will completely change the way MBBS abroad works. If you're a medical aspirant and wondering if you can pursue overseas MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) without qualifying NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test), read on.

The judgment for a petition demanding no NEET qualification for MBBS aspirants planning to study medicine abroad is pending with the High Court of Delhi.

Let’s go a bit deeper into this matter and try to understand Why students go abroad to study medicine? This question will clarify the doubts of parents who are still relying on government to do something about remaining seats and price hike.

In the article mentioned in the source Saju Bhaskar, President of Texila American University, an overseas university based in the Caribbean says that

"Many students may lose the chance of enrolling for MBBS this year as they have not qualified NEET, there are less than 60,000 medical seats in India including both Government and private medical colleges, The key reason why students go abroad to study medicine, is because of lack of seats in India, cost effective education fees and an opportunity to practice abroad with better pay packages. Many students will lose a year or more if NEET qualification remains the deciding criteria for pursing MBBS abroad,"

Now what the current rule for foreign medical graduate states that is, once a foreign medical graduate returns to India to practice as a doctor, he/she will have to go through a stringent process of clearing FMGE (Foreign Medical Graduate Exam) exam. Only once he/she clears it, he/she can practice as a doctor in India.

Now when we have exam FMGE, which is mandatory, NEET shouldn't be made compulsory "There is no need to have so many levels of knowledge test screenings. If FMGE is mandatory for foreign medical graduates then there should be no need for them to qualify NEET exam to study abroad," says Radhika Madan, a MBBS final year student studying in a college in Russia.

According to the current scenario Students are hopeful that the judgment will be a positive one and that they will not have to waste more time.

The final hearing regarding the petition is expected to take place anytime soon.

If the hearing goes in favour of the petitioner, MBBS aspirants who did not clear NEET this year can hope to enrol in overseas MBBS colleges without any constraints.

So let’s hope for the best, for more details keep in touch with our experts at

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