NExT Exam To Be Held In February 2028 For MBBS 2024 Batch: NMC

NMC said in the CBME calendar that first edition of National Exit Test (NExT) will be held in the year 2028 for the MBBS batch of 2024, read here to know more.

National Exit Test (NExT) will be held in the year 2028 for the MBBS batch of 2024, as said by the National Medical Council (NMC) in CBME calendar.

NMC recently released its academic calendar. As per the 2023 Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) regulations, NExT step 1 is scheduled for February 2028, followed by NExT step 2 in February 2029.

Earlier, the plan was to conduct the National Exit Test for the MBBS batch 2020 and AIIMS Delhi had planned to hold a NExT mock test on July 28, 2023. Later on, after nationwide protest against the exam and mock test, the mock test got cancelled and NMC had postponed the exam till further notice.

Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya also said during the inauguration of different departments, including an emergency department, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) RaeBareli, that the newly introduced NExT will not be more difficult than the National Eligibility Cumulative Entrance Test (NEET).

According to the new standards, universities must organise admission scheduling and processes such that the first professional year begins on August 1 of each year beginning with the academic year 2024-25. There will be no admission to any academic session beginning after August 30. 

Also as per the Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) 2023 Curriculum Regulations released on August 1, students must also take university exams at the end of each professional year. Students who do not pass the university exams must retake them. The extra exams and their results must be processed within 3 to 6 weeks of the release of the main exam results. It is carried out “so that successful candidates can join the main batch for advancement.”

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