Some experts believe that the constant back and forth is confusing students even more, especially when the NEET PG aspirants have been preparing for the exam for three years and are currently busy with their final university exams or internship.
The National Medical Commission (NMC) recently announced that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, will conduct the National Exit Test (NExT). The Commission had also hinted earlier that the NExT is scheduled to begin with the batch passing out in 2024.
Following the announcement, AIIMS also issued a timeline and started the registration process for a mock test on July 28. However, in a viral video of an event at AIIMS Raipur on July 6, Union Health Minister Mansukh L Mandaviya was heard saying the NExT would not be conducted for the 2019 batch.
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NewsEducationMBBS students confused about new qualifying exam, say ‘try NExT year’
MBBS students confused about new qualifying exam, say ‘try NExT year’
Some experts believe that the constant back and forth is confusing students even more, especially when the NEET PG aspirants have been preparing for the exam for three years and are currently busy with their final university exams or internship.
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Written by Deeksha Teri
New Delhi | July 9, 2023 17:05 ISTNewsguard
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NExT vs NEET PG: Students, experts comment
The 2019 MBBS batch is now claiming that the ‘casual’ statement from the health minister has put them in a spot regarding whether to prepare for the NExT or NEET PG. (Representative image)
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The National Medical Commission (NMC) recently announced that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, will conduct the National Exit Test (NExT). The Commission had also hinted earlier that the NExT is scheduled to begin with the batch passing out in 2024.
Following the announcement, AIIMS also issued a timeline and started the registration process for a mock test on July 28. However, in a viral video of an event at AIIMS Raipur on July 6, Union Health Minister Mansukh L Mandaviya was heard saying the NExT would not be conducted for the 2019 batch.
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This statement by the health minister and the silence from the NMC have further confused medical students. While some students have been organising protests, others have taken to social media platforms to voice their concerns.
“What has caused the main chaos and panic is the way this exam was implemented. Authorities should have considered that MBBS students start preparing for NEET PG in the third year of MBBS. So, when we suddenly learned that we had to appear for the NExT instead of NEET PG, it confused us about how to prepare. But now, with the new statement, we are not even sure whether we need to prepare for NExT or NEET PG,” Mohammed Muddassir M Z, a final year MBBS student from Kanachur Institute Of Medical Sciences (Karnataka), told.
