Soon NEET (National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test ) will not be
enough for one to become a doctor or pursue higher medical education.
NEET will not be considered as a qualifying examination for MBBS
graduates to study at post graduate level or to practice medicine.
So, MBBS candidates will have to clear another medical exam called
National Licentiate Examination (NLE) to become a doctor.
The government in the National Medical Commission Bill has suggested
that students have to clear about NLE (National Licentiate
Examination) after completing MBBS to practice in diverse medical
colleges.
Government officials in the National Medical Commission Bill, have
proposed NLE to evaluate MBBS graduates on the lines of skill tests
conducted to hire teachers.
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NITI Aayog Proposed To Introduce NLE
"We felt that the test will force the institutions to introduce
quality as questions would be raised if a large number of students
fail to clear the test. Only those who clear the test will get
license to practice," said a senior member of NITI Aayog.
For the first time, NITI ( National Institution for Transforming
India ) Aayog suggested to introduce NLE to evaluate graduates from
medical colleges in India.
In the draft bill, the NITI Aayog revamp the medical education system
in the country by introducing new exams, along with focusing on
devising uniform academic and examination standards for more than 450 medical colleges in India.
The draft bill also proposed for setting up separate undergraduate
and postgraduate boards for medicine education to oversee all its
aspects. The bill also proposes to regularly rate medical colleges on
the basis of their performance and infrastructure.
There will be Aadhar based national register of all doctors and
medical students in the country and new medical colleges will be set
up after the approval of the concerned accreditation body.
The decision to form a new law was made after receiving a report from
a Parliamentary Committee described MCI as an ‘opaque and ossified
body’, which was unable in carrying out its enormous work of
regulating medicine education in the country.
