NEXT exam to start from 2023

 NEXT exam

All the MBBS students of the final year have to appear for the NEXT exam from the year-2023. Any official announcement is yet to be made by the authorities of India but some messages are been going around on social media regarding the change. The NEXT exam is going to be handled by the National Exit Test (NeXT) board. The decision to replace NEET-PG and FMGE exams will be taken by the above-mentioned board.

 

The idea of a new exam for granting the license to medical students who have completed their studies was proposed by the National Medical Commission (NMC). A bill was passed in the year-2019 for the proposition of the exam. This exam is set to replace the entrance exam of postgraduate medical studies. No official announcement is received from the authorities confirming the proposition.

 

For the Indian students practicing medicine, they must complete the assigned tenure of the internship. While the foreign students have to appear for the FMGE exam to earn a grant from the state medical council. The various PG courses like MD, MS, M. Ch, DM that required NEET-PG qualification will now be granted admission through the NEXT exam. The exam aims to develop a quality network of doctors across the country.

 

Some messages from social media can be quoted as ' with regard to implementation of National Exit Test (NeXT), Chairperson, NMC apprised that broad modality of the NeXT exam had been worked out. The exam would be held in two steps – Step 1 and Step 2. The exam would be held in 2023'.

 

The NEXT exam is held in high regard because of its measures and rules. Reports are collected from students who were a part of the student organization that took part in a meeting conducted with the board of governors of the Medical Council of India. The exam is going to be conducted through a computer-based mode. The syllabus to be used in the exam will comprise the topics covered during the degree course in India. As of now, it is assumed that the question types will be MCQs.