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MCI Amendment: Passing Criteria for MD,MS, PG Diploma revised
New Delhi: Through a recent amendment in theĀ Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, the Medical Council of India has revised the passing criteria for the Medical examinations for PG Medical courses in the country, including MD, MS as well as PG Diploma courses. With the amendments, the apex medical council has revised the passing criteria for individual subject exams while keeping...
The said amendment was published in the GazetteĀ in the Month of April 2018. With the amendments, inĀ the Clause 14 under the heading āEXAMINATIONā of the āPostgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000ā, following shall be substituted as under:-
Obtaining a minimum of 40% marks in each theory paper and not less than 50% cumulatively in all the four papers for degree examinations and three papers in diploma examination. Obtaining of 50% marks in PracticalĀ examination shall be mandatory for passing the examination as a whole in the said degree/diploma examination as the case may be.
It is reported that earlier, the council regulations called obtaining a minimum of 50% marks in āTheoryā as well as āPracticalā separately for passing an examination as a whole.
The examination for M.D./ MS, D.M., M.Ch are held at the end of 3rd academic year and for Diploma at the end of 2nd academic year.
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Meghna A Singhania is the founder and Editor-in-Chief at Medical Dialogues. An Economics graduate from Delhi University and a post graduate from London School of Economics and Political Science, her key research interest lies in health economics, and policy making in health and medical sector in the country.She is a member of the Association of Healthcare Journalists. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751