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NMC Cancels NExT Mock Exam; Registration Fee to be Refunded

NMC Cancels NExT Mock Exam; Registration Fee to be Refunded

The National Exit Test (NExT) mock exam scheduled for July 28 has been cancelled by the NMC.

Days after the National Medical Commission announced to defer the NExT exam, the mock exam is also cancelled. On the suggestion of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), the NExT exam had previously been postponed by NMC until further notice on July 13.

“Dear Students #NExT Mock will be cancelled and fee refunded,” Dr. Yogender Malik, a member of the NMC Ethics and Medical Education Registration Board, tweeted.

As assured by authorities, The students will receive a refund of the registration amount they paid to complete the NExT mock exam. The registration fees for the Students from the General or OBC category was Rs 2000. while those from the SC, ST, and EWS categories had to pay Rs 1,000 registration fee in order to take the NExT mock exam. There was big criticism from students against the commission for charging the mock examination.

The NExT was recently mandated under the National Medical Commission Act to replace the final MBBS examination and act as a licentiate exam to register and practice modern medicine in India. However, several medical associations, medical professionals, and MBBS students were not satisfied with the implementation of the new scheme.

The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had already announced that there would be no NExT Exam for the 2019 MBBS Batch. As per the available information, the new system will likely be applicable to the 2020 MBBS Batch, graduating in 2024.

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No NExT for 2019 MBBS Batch; Says Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

NExT Exam Update

The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has confirmed that the National Exit Test (NExT) will not be mandatory for the 2019 MBBS batch.

Raipur: The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya made it clear that the National Exit Test (NExT) will not be applicable to the 2019 MBBS batch. He was addressing the students at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur during the inauguration of a critical care unit.

“No student is required to undergo any stress. I’m not bringing the 2019 batch under NExT. I will bring the 2020 batch under it. NExT will not be held in this year,” said the minister.

At the same time All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will conduct a sample mock test for the final year MBBS students on July 28, 2023 to get familiar with the exam pattern. Aspirants can apply for the mock exit test from 28 June 2023, until July 10, 2023, through the official website – next.aiimsexams.ac.in.

What is NExT?

National Exit Test or NExT is the uniform national medical licensure exam for MBBS graduates. The examination serves as a common licentiate exam to practise modern medicine, for merit-based admission to postgraduate courses, and as a screening exam for foreign medical graduates who want to practise in India. It replaces both the Foreign Medical Graduates Exam (FMGE) and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Postgraduate (NEET-PG).

Starting from the beginning, several medical associations, medical professionals, and MBBS students were not satisfied with the new scheme. Reacting to the response of the Union Minister, several doctors and MBBS students thanked the minister and asked the National Medical Commission (NMC) to make changes in the new exam before implementing it for students.