New Delhi: The suggestion for a separate entrance test for institutes was rejected at the recently convened governing body meeting of the AIIMS. Therefore MBBS admissions to all of the AIIMS and other institutes of national importance would continue to be done through NEET.
On December 6, the AIIMS governing committee, which is chaired by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, made the choice.
After consideration, it decided against the idea of holding a unique undergraduate entrance exam, different from NEET, for all AIIMS and institutions of national importance.
The meeting's minutes said that "it was felt that the current practise of an unified admission examination for all medical colleges be continued."
In 1956, a Parliamentary Act designated the All India Institute of Medical Sciences as an Institution of National Importance (INI).
The goal of Institutes of National Importance (INI) in the area of medicine, starting with the construction of AIIMS, is to design teaching patterns for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in all of its branches to show that a high standard of medical education is possible in India (AIIMS Act 1956).
More institutions were then added, including the 21 newly created AIIMS for undergraduate and postgraduate education, JIPMER, Puducherry (2008), and PGIMER- Chandigarh.
An official stated that the INIs have the responsibility to continuously establish, innovate, and standardise newer educational approaches at all levels, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and super specialty, so that they can be used in all medical colleges affiliated with Central, State, Deemed, and State Private Universities.
As a result, the INI's medical degree (Schedule under 37) is expressly recognised in Section 37 of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 in comparison to all other medical colleges in India that fall within its scope.
AIIMS New Delhi used to have an All-India entrance exam for admission of students to the MBBS programme of all AIIMS in order to enrol the top calibre candidates for its medical undergraduate degree (MBBS).
"This test was given till 2019." The AIIMS MBBS entrance exam was discontinued with the adoption of the NMC Act in 2019, which combined admissions to MBBS seats at all AIIMS with the National Testing Agency's NEET-UG test. As a result, beginning in 2020, the NEET-UG exam would be used to determine admissions for MBBS seats at all AIIMS, according to a government official.
Entrance tests are used to determine admission to the three levels of medical school at all colleges in the nation.
Currently, there are two exams required for each super specialty (DM/MCh) and PG (MD/MS) admission. The INICET-PG (postgraduate) and INICET-SS (super-specialty) exams are given to all INIs and are administered by AIIMS New Delhi.
The NEET-PG and NEET-SS tests serve as the comparable exams for all other medical colleges. The separate exam for AIIMS and other INIs for MBBS seats, however, has been eliminated in favour of a single exam (NEET-UG is being held).
The admission into postgraduate (INICET-PG) and super-specialty (INICET-SS) medical courses is currently handled through a Combined Entrance Test (CFT) given by AIIMS, New Delhi, in order to uphold the highest standards and sustain the spirit of innovation.
According to a letter provided to the governing board, "It is proposed that admission into undergraduate courses in the INIs should be done through a Combined Entrance Test (INICET-UG) in this context."
It was suggested that the NEET-UG exam and the MBBS admission exam for AIIMS be separated, returning things to as they were up until 2019. Admission to MBBS seats at all AIIMS may be accomplished by a separate entrance exam, in line with the pattern prior to 2020.
The INICET-UG admission exam may be used for MBBS seats at all INIs, the official said.
The letter states that the reinstatement of INICET-UG was justified by the fact that the three stages of medical education—undergraduate, MBBS, post-graduate, MD/MS, and super specialty, SS—are inextricably intertwined.
The entrance exams for all three levels must adhere to the same standards and approaches in order to guarantee a smooth transition.
In addition, the NEET-UG exam has a significant number of participants, including students and colleges, and it fills about 80,000 MBBS seats. The enormous organisation task necessitates complex logistics, which causes delays.
The NEET exam's administration and the counselling procedure are frequently postponed due to numerous stakeholders (including Central, State, Deemed, and Private Universities) because of legal disputes in various courts.
They will be protected from circumstances that could disrupt NEET's operation by taking a separate combined entrance test for undergraduate seats in INIs, the memo said.
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