NMC announces additional 5th attempt for 2020-21 MBBS batch

NEW DELHI: MBBS students who took admission during the 2020-21 academic year and could not pass their examination will be allowed to make one more attempt, the National Medical Commission said Monday.

This mercy attempt has been given to the 2020-21 batch of medical students as they suffered in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The National Medical Commission decided to allow one additional attempt (FIFTH attempt) to such MBBS students who were admitted in medical colleges during the academic year 2020-21 and could not pass their first professional MBBS examination as this batch was also affected by COVID 19 pandemics," the NMC said in a public notice.

It further underlined that this would be a one-time measure and may not be treated as a precedence in future.

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Meanwhile, the commission has allowed foreign medical graduates (FMGs) from the war-hit Ukraine to complete their remaining medical course from different countries as a one-time opportunity.

After qualifying the FMG exam, such foreign medical graduates have to undergo compulsory rotating medical internship (CRMI) for two years enabling them for registration.