HIGH COURT ORDERS MIN 80 PERCENT IN 12 FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL COURSES:
NO ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATE FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL EDUCATION ASPIRANTS IF THEY SCORE LESS THAN 80 PERCENT, ORDERS MADRAS HC:
☛ Madras High Court has restrained Medical Council of India and has ordered that minimum qualifying marks for these studetns should be raised from 50 per cent to at least 80 percent.
☛ Flagging the low pass percentage in screening tests or Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) for foreign medical graduates, Madras High Court has restrained Medical Council of India (MCI) to issue the eligibility certificates to such students.
☛ MCI screening test is also known as the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) which is mandatory for foreign medical graduates and is conducted by the National Board of Examination to practice the profession in India.
☛ This will only be done if their score will be less than 80 percent in the qualifying Class 12 exam. The court has ordered that the minimum qualifying marks for such candidates should be raised from 50 per cent to at least 80 percent.
MCI EXAM: CLEARANCE OF SCREENING TEST:
☛ In the past 10 years, only 15 to 25 per cent of doctors with foreign degrees managed to clear the mandatory screening test,' said Justice N Kirubakaran in the court.
HIGH COURT ORDERS MIN 80% IN +2 FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL COURSES:
☛ The Chennai High Court has ordered the central government and the Medical Council of India (MCI)that the applicants who have scored less than 80% marks in the +2 Public Examinations must not be issued an eligibility certificate to join medical courses in foreign medical colleges.
☛ In an enquiry related to the above issue/petition, the MCI had responded that the applicants must have passed NEET, and must have scored above 50% in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
☛ Citing the prevailing conditions in India itself that there are applicants who have scored above 90% and still not able to join medical courses within the country, the justice ordered the minimum marks for joining medical courses abroad must be fixed at 80%.
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