Govt seeks NMC's response on exclusion of disability, transgender rights in new medical curriculum
Press Trust of India | October 18, 2024 | 11:26 AM IST | 1 min read
The ministry has requested the NMC to prioritise the matter and provide a response within 15 days.
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has sought a response from the National Medical Commission (NMC) over the non-inclusion of key disability and transgender rights laws in its new curriculum.
In an official memorandum dated October 14, 2024, the ministry directed the NMC to review a representation submitted by Siddhartha Singh, Doctors with Disabilities, and Air Commodore (Dr) Sanjay Sharma (Retd.), CEO of the MD Association for Transgender Health.
The representation highlighted that certain provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 have been overlooked in the curriculum. The ministry has requested the NMC to prioritise the matter and provide a response within 15 days.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Featured News
]- Galgotias University: 2,297 patents filed, just 1% granted; with 63%, IITs far ahead of private institutes
- Samajwadi Party calls Galgotias University’s robot dog display ‘mockery of UP’, says ‘cancel recognition’
- CBSE: APAAR ID must for LOC registration from 2026-27 session; two-level Class 10 exams from 2028
- Less bias, more risk? CBSE on-screen marking system leaves Class 12 students, teachers cautious but optimistic
- CBSE Plans: Compulsory computing, AI in Classes 9, 10 syllabus; more skill subjects; 25% EWS quota review
- CBSE 2026: Board tightens rules on cheating, makes it harder to pass; Class 10 gets new marksheets
- NEET PG Counselling: Maharashtra body orders medical college to admit student it refused over fees
- Anna University engineering colleges sack over 300 temp teachers; defiance of court orders, says association
- ChatGPT for education? IIT Madras director on how Bodhan AI will work and what it can do
- CBSE Board Exams 2026: NHRC says withholding admit cards over fee dispute ‘illegal’, violates RTE Act