Faridkot varsity extends MBBS admission date to January 15

Tribune News Service

Faridkot, December 30

The Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) on Wednesday announced to extend the last date for admission to MBBS course from December 31 to January 15.

In view of Covid-19 and in accordance with the directions of the National Medical Commission (NMC), the university has extended the date of submission of joining letters for the provisionally allotted colleges during the mop-up round from December 30 to December 31. The stray round of counselling has also been extended from December 31. The revised date is yet to be announced.

Though the last date of admission to MBBS and superspecialty medical courses for the academic session 2020-21 was August 31, the entrance exams for these courses were conducted in October due to the Covid pandemic, and the counselling is still going on.

The NMC had filed applications in the Supreme Court, asking for extension of the last date of MBBS admission for the academic year 2020-21 from August 31 to January 15, 2021. “In view of reopening of medical colleges after the lockdown, the prescribed time schedule could not be followed. Accordingly, the NMC filed applications in the Supreme Court to extend the deadline,” said RK Wats, secretary, NMC.

The NMC has also revised the academic scheme and the time limit for completion of internship training programme of MBBS students across the country to May 31, 2021 from March 31, 2021 to compensate for the lost period of “clinical checkship” due to the lockdown, said Wats.

The NMC has also allowed relaxation regarding submitting of thesis by postgraduate medical students. The thesis have to be submitted at least six months before the theory and clinical/practical exams, but the Postgraduate Medical Education Board has decided to relax the regulation and allow the students of batches 2018-19 and 2019-20 to submit their thesis at least three months before the exams.

The condition requiring the postgraduate students in broad specialties and superspecialties to present one poster presentation, read one paper at a national/state conference and present one research paper published or accepted for publication during the period of postgraduation for being eligible to appear for the exams has also been relaxed. The students of the 2018-19 batch can appear for exams, even if they have not made a poster presentation.