The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct a single entrance test for admission into all private and government medical colleges across India, from next year.
As per sources, Ministry of Health, Medical Council of India and the CBSE all have given its approval to the proposed single entrance test, which is to be conducted for admission to all medical colleges across the country from 2012.
It is anticipated that the proposed common test will ensure uniformity in undergraduate medical education across states where private colleges are in the practice of charging excessive sums for offering seat to the students.
In addition, it will make sure that deserving students enters medical education because states would be obliged to fill seats in their respective jurisdictions with students on the basis of merit obtained in the All-India entrance test. They would be free to prefer students from their areas, however, they won't be able to compromise on merit.
DR Purushottam Lal, MCI BOG member said that the MCI will set up the course structure for the test and put it on the website for comments of people. He also added that they have come to such a conclusion as per directives issued to MCI by the Supreme Court to go ahead with one test for UG medical admissions in order to avoid stress to students.
