NMC Allows Additional Attempts To MBBS Students Of 2020-2021 Academic Year

Delhi: In a relief to medical students whose medical education was hampered in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the apex medical regulator has decided to give them a grace exam attempt to pass their exams as a mercy attempt.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has announced that it is providing an additional attempt (mercy attempt) to MBBS students of the first professional examination who could not pass their first professional MBBS examination for the academic year 2020-2021.

As per a recent notice, NMC has decided to allow one additional attempt (5th attempt) to such MBBS students who were admitted to medical colleges during the academic year 2020-21 and could not pass their first professional MBBS examination, as this batch was also affected by the 19 pandemic.

This shall be a one-time measure and may not be treated as precedence for the future, as the apex regulator pointed out in its notice. 

The notice states that the relief comes in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic that hampered medical education 

“National Medical Commission decided to allow one additional attempt (5th attempt) to such MBBS Students who were admitted in medical colleges during the academic year 2020-21 and could not pass their first professional MBBS examination, as this batch was also affected by COVID 19 Pandemics.”

Earlier this year, in the month of May 2023, NMC had allowed one additional attempt (5th attempt) to such MBBS students who were admitted in medical colleges during the academic year 2019-2020 and couldn’t pass their 1st professional MBBS examination. Now this relaxation has been extended to the 2020-21 batch also as a one-time measure.

To view the notice, click on the link below –

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/mbbs-227669.pdf