MBBS Students Ineligible to Appear in BPSC if Failed more than Three Times in Exam

Patna: MBBS students failing more than three times in the examinations shall not be eligible to appear in the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) examination, the Commission clarified recently.

Apart from this, the Commission will only accept applications from candidates having valid medical degrees such as MBBS, MD, PhD, DM, DNB, MCH from only NMC-recognized colleges and institutes.

BPSC has been accepting online applications for appointment in around 220 posts of Assistant Professors in the Super Speciality Departments of Government medical colleges and hospitals across the State till January 28.

According to the notification issued by the Commission, one merit mark will be reduced for each failed MBBS examination. The notification further clarified that if a candidate fails the exams on more than three occasions, he/she will not be eligible to apply.

Earlier the National Medical Commission (NMC) had also set a limit of attempts for the MBBS students to pass their exam. As per the concerned Regulation 7.7 of Regulations on Graduate Medical Education (Amendment), 2019, "No more than four attempts shall be allowed for a candidate to pass the first Professional examination. The total period for successful completion of first Professional course shall not exceed four (4) years. Partial attendance of examination in any subject shall be counted as an attempt."

Again in Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023, NMC mentioned that provided under no circumstances the student shall be allowed more than four (04) attempts for first year (First Professional MBBS) and no student shall be allowed to continue undergraduate medical course after nine (09) years from the date of admission into the course, mentioned the Regulations.

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As per the latest media report by Jagran, the BPSC has clarified that for more than 70 per cent marks in the MBBS examination, five merit marks are prescribed. Similarly, four merit marks will be granted for more than 65 percent marks, three for more than 60 percent , two for more than 55 percent and one merit mark will be given for more than 50 percent marks in the MBBS exams. If a candidate fails in one or more MBBS exams, the total marks obtained by the candidate will be calculated by considering the average of the failing and passing marks in the respective subjects.

In the case of candidates who have passed MBBS from recognised foreign medical institutes, the marks will be calculated by multiplying the percentage of the marks of such candidates in the Foreign Medical Graduation Examination screening test by a multiplier of decimal six (0.6).

Meanwhile, the Secretary cum Controller of Examinations Ravibhushan has clarified that medical degrees such as MBBS, MD, MS, PhD, DM, DNB, MCH will be considered valid if obtained from NMC-recognized medical colleges and institutes.

Candidates will also be awarded marks for their work experience in the government sector. For MD,MS qualification or specialty degrees recognised by Medical Council of India such as PhD, DM/MCh 10 marks will be given. Candidates will receive two marks for each research publication and there is a provision of a maximum of 10 marks.

If a candidate wishes to be appointed as Assistant Professor, he/she must obtain a minimum of 18 marks. The Commission further mentioned that candidates having work experience in the Central and State medical colleges and institutes wil be given preference. For this, the Commission has also released a list of institutes for medical education work experience.

The Commission has further clarified that if a candidate obtains a five-year MCh or a five-year DM degree instead of a postgraduate degree in a particular subject and not DM/MCh/DNB(superspeciality), they will be considered for 20 marks. However, to avail this benefit, the candidate will mandatorily have to submit a certificate having five-year DM/MCH degree issued by the institute.

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