MBBS Admissions Regulations 2020

Kohima, 2nd Nov. (ANK): In a significant step towards affordable medical education, the National Medical Commission has notified the Minimum Requirements for Annual MBBS Admissions Regulations, 2020. The notification replaces the Minimum Standard Requirements for Medical Colleges, 1999 of the erstwhile Medical Council of India MCI.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the new Regulation will be applicable to all new medical colleges proposed to be established, and to the established medical colleges proposing to increase their annual MBBS intake from the academic year 2021-22. During the transitory period, the established medical colleges will be governed by the relevant regulations existing prior to the current notification.

The new standards allow optimization and flexibility in utilizing available resources, and harnessing modern educational technology tools to facilitate moving towards quality education, even when resources are relatively scarce. It also mandates availability of a fully functional 300 bed multi-speciality hospital for at least two years at the time of application for establishing a new medical college.