NExT Exam likely be held on May 2024, says National Chairman of GAIMS

The national chairman of the Global Association of Indian Medical Students, Dr Shubham Anand, said that the NExT exam can be in May 2024 instead of May this year.

There is a nationwide protest going on against the upcoming National Exit Test. As per the announcement, the NExT exam will be held twice a year, in May and November. However, now the national chairman of the Global Association of Indian Medical Students, Dr Shubham Anand said that it can be held in May next year instead of this year. 

"#NEXT will most likely be postponed to February and there are also chances that it will happen directly in May. NMC had asked Universities to send the current status of course completion and in most colleges it's ending after February. Hope NMC clears the air soon," he tweeted.

"In running curriculum, students had to appear final MBBS exam with four subjects, but in NEXT, curriculum of which is completely unknown to students, they will have to study 19 subjects. Is it humanly possible for students to go through all these subjects?," asks All India Student's Union (AISU).

"Dear @NMC_IND, instead of enforcing #NEXTEXAM, change your internship curriculum first, if you really want better doctors and better healthcare for our country!Stop burdening interns with sampling and paperworks! Recruit phlebotomists and operators for nonclinical works!, tweeted Dr Datta, Junior Resident at AIIMS Delhi and a former FAIMA member.

"All the universities should oppose NeXt. Giving degree to the students is the job of university. If exam is taken by AIIMS , Delhi then university has no moral right to give degree without conducting exams. If things go like this passing percentage in Next will be vry less," tweeted Dr Rohan Krishnan, the national chairman of FAIMA.

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