State agrees to national-level medical entrance test from 2012
The Medical Council of India (MCI) has prepared and uploaded
an all new higher secondary syllabus, required to be followed by class XI and XII
students, to appear for the Common Entrance Test (CET).
Come next academic session, students seeking to get into a medical school for an
MBBS degree, will have to appear for the CET.
The Union health ministry and the MCI reached a consensus last week to roll out
CET for admission to all government and private medical colleges and deemed universities
for undergraduate medical education.
The new syllabus of physics, chemistry and biology, prepared by the National Council
of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), will be on the MCI website till August
11 for public comments.
According to MCI governing body member Dr. Purushottam Lal, all modalities will
be worked out, including printing public advertisements to announce the CET, by
November.
Dr. Lal said, Admissions for undergraduate medical degree will be open in 335 medical
colleges 185 private and 150 in the government sector in the 2012 academic session,
which starts in May. Now, the new syllabus is in public domain, and we are waiting
for comments. Around 8-10 lakh students are expected to take the country’s first
medical CET.
About 17 entrance tests are being held across India, which is a tedious exercise
for aspiring MBBS students.
According to the MCI, the new syllabus for physics, biology and chemistry for the
higher secondary students has been developed keeping in mind the recommendations
of National Curriculum Framework, 2005.
It is expected that the syllabus will help to develop an interest in the learners
to study physics and inculcate in them useful concepts of physics in real life situations
for making learning relevant, MCI says.
As far as chemistry and biology is concerned, MCI says attempt has been made to
see the subjects do not remain only the science of facts but becomes related to
modern applications in the world around us. Dr. Lal said, the new syllabus aims
to be more practical and applicable to our daily lives.
Last weeks meeting also talked about bringing institutes like AIIMS under
CETs ambit. If the proposal is implemented, AIIMS won’t be able to conduct its own
undergraduate entrance exam. The top students can choose to join AIIMS. However,
more discussions will be held on this matter. The idea is to have a single medical
entrance exam in the country, he added.
Courtesy: Times of India
