AYUSH Colleges In MP Oppose Mandatory NExT Exam, Question Why Ayurveda Graduates Face Additional Licensing Test Unlike MBBS Students
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The AYUSH candidates have to take two tests, NEET UG and NExT (National Exit Test), while MBBS students take only the NEET UG entrance test. AYUSH colleges have written to the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) against this stepmotherly treatment of AYUSH graduates. AYUSH courses (BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, BSMS) use NEET UG as an entrance exam and NExT…
In Madhya Pradesh, AYUSH colleges are opposing the compulsory NExT exam, raising questions about why Ayurveda graduates must undergo an additional licensing test unlike MBBS students. While AYUSH courses like BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, and BSMS use NEET UG as an entrance exam and NExT as a licensing test, National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) made qualifying NEET UG a legal requirement for admission in undergraduate medical streams.
NCISM mandates that AYUSH graduates complete a one-year compulsory internship and pass the NExT exam to register on practitioner registers. Dr Rakesh Pandey, national spokesman of AYUSH Medical Association, questioned the necessity of NExT, asking why it is not being implemented in MBBS colleges and why it is being applied to the AYUSH stream.
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