New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has ruled out the 50 percent cut-off criteria in its MBBS entrance exam from this academic year. The decision was taken due to the inability to fill up the seats in the reserved category seats last year.
However, the decision is facing opposition form the faculty members and resident doctors according to them it violates the Supreme Court (SC) order that there ought to be cut-off marks in all the medical entrance exams. Moreover, senior faculty members feel that this would deteriorate the standard of India's premier Medical Institute.
As per new the decision, if a reserved category student scores a zero or negative marks he/she can still get admission in AIIMS provided there is availability of seat in the category he/she belongs. Initially, if reserved category seats are not filled, then those seats are filled by general category students. Dr Rahul Bhargava, President, Resident Doctors' Association, AIIMS said that now even if a reserved category student scores zero in the entrance exam, he/she will get admission in AIIMS. A general category student even after scoring 50% marks would be rejected as the seat belongs to the reserved category. The criterion of 50% marks in the entrance exam was a way to get deserving students on board at AIIMS. The MBBS entrance exam is scheduled to be held on June 1, 2009 for the ensuing academic session and there are around 77 seats available for the program.
