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The Supreme Court on Monday passed an order that for the first time will enable a common medical entrance test for all private and government medical colleges in India.
The Medical Council of India (MCI) will oversee a common entrance test each for undergraduate and postgraduate medical programmes in the country. Every year about 30,000 students are admitted to undergraduate programmes and some 11,000 for postgraduate courses.
The order by justices R.V. Raveendran and A.K. Patnaik came after several medical colleges challenged the apex medical education regulatory body's move to organize a common entrance test.
In response, MCI had moved the Supreme Court in October.
The decision to hold a joint entrance test would not only make it easier to administer, it will also reduce pressure on aspirants who sometimes have to appear in anywhere between 12 and 17 entrance examinations.
The Medical Council of India (MCI) will oversee a common entrance test each for undergraduate and postgraduate medical programmes in the country. Every year about 30,000 students are admitted to undergraduate programmes and some 11,000 for postgraduate courses.
The order by justices R.V. Raveendran and A.K. Patnaik came after several medical colleges challenged the apex medical education regulatory body's move to organize a common entrance test.
In response, MCI had moved the Supreme Court in October.
The decision to hold a joint entrance test would not only make it easier to administer, it will also reduce pressure on aspirants who sometimes have to appear in anywhere between 12 and 17 entrance examinations.
