NEET | Last Chance to take MBBS Admission in Abroad without any Entrance Exam

Candidates seeking admission to MBBS in abroad will need to clear National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test (NEET) from 2018. So this year (2017) students seeking MBBS admission in abroad have the last opportunity to take admission without clearing NEET.

The Union Health Minister is planning to make NEET mandatory for aspirants seeking MBBS admission in abroad from 2018 onwards. It was suggested by the Union Health Minister that candidates will not be issued No Objection Certificate (NOC) for studying in foreign medical college if they could not clear NEET exam. If the medical student fails to receive NOC from MCI, they will not be eligible to seat for FMCG examination that is mandatory to clear in order to practice in India. 

The vice president of MCI, Dr. CV Bhirmanandham said that neither the candidates will be allowed to seat in the screening test nor they will be registered by MCI as doctors if the candidate fails to clear the NEET exam.   This decision is taken to make the entry level qualification for medical education equal for all candidates. This decision will prevent the mediocre medical aspirant from getting a medical degree from foreign medical colleges on the basis of money or connections.

This decision is taken because in the last five years the percentage of overseas MBBS candidates who could clear the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) is very less.  This is because of the two reasons – either the quality of medical education in foreign countries is not at par with the Indian standard or the students are not competent enough to qualify for medical education in India. In 2016 the Supreme Court has made it clear that in India, every medical aspirant has to clear NEET before getting admission in both government and private medical college in India. That means clearing NEET is compulsory for all medical aspirants. 

But in many foreign countries entrance examination is not required for admission into MBBS. So there was an opportunity for many candidates who could not qualify for NEET in India to go to the foreign country for pursuing MBBS. Thus many incompetent students have pursued MBBS in abroad but could not qualify FMCG conducted by MCI and were not given registration for practicing in India. MCI wants only competent students to join medical college whether in Indian Medical College or Foreign Medical College. That is the reason why MCI wanted to make NEET compulsory for every students seeking MBBSadmission in abroad.

It is the last opportunity for the students to take admission for overseas MBBS without any entrance test. Students should reserve their seat in foreign medical college in 2017 without wasting any time before NEET become compulsory for overseas medical admission.