The 2019 MBBS batch will not have to appear for National Exit Test (NExT), it will be applicable for the 2020 batch, said Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday.
Mandaviya was interacting with students at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur after laying the foundation stone of a critical care unit there.
According to the recent guidelines issued by NMC, the National Exit Test will serve as a common qualifying final-year MBBS exam, a licentiate exam to practice modern medicine and for merit-based admission to postgraduate courses and a screening exam for foreign medical graduates who want to practice in India.