What is Foreign Medical Graduate Exam?
The Foreign Medical Graduates Examination, popularly known as the FMGE Exam is conducted by the National Board of Examination (NBE) twice a year. Introduced on 15th March 2002, this exam is meant for an Indian citizen who has completed his/her MBBS abroad and wants to practice in India. An individual needs to clear the FMGE Exam as it’s only after this that the candidate will be registered by the Medical Council of India (MCI) {Now the National Medical Commission(NMC)} or any state medical council.
Candidates who completed their MBBS outside the country before 15 March 2002 are exempted from appearing in this exam to practice in India. It is NOT an entrance test to get admission to a master’s course offered by any medical university in India. It is just a medical licensing exam.
FMGE Exam Frequency
As far as the frequency of the exam is concerned, candidates can either appear in the December session or the December session. There is NO LIMIT on the number of attempts for a candidate as well as no age limit for the FMGE Exam as well. This means that even candidates who have failed in their earlier attempts can reappear as many times as they want. The FMGE registration process will be the same.
FMGE Exam Latest Update 2023
The National Board of Examination has released the FMGE exam date 2023 of the December session.
NBE conducts the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam, commonly known as the FMGE exam, in two sessions i.e. in June and December for all the foreign medical graduates who wish to practice medicine in India. FMGE serves as a crucial assessment for foreign-educated medical graduates seeking to practice medicine in India. FMGE exam ensures that these individuals meet the standards and competencies required by the National Medical Commission (NMC). Candidates are requested to have a look at the previous sessions FMGE pass rate trends and other related events from the information given below.
FMGE Pass Percentage Year Wise Trend
Take a look at the past year’s trend of the FMGE result pass percentage. One can check the passing rate of the examination that is mentioned to understand the trend and level of examination.
FMGE Passing Percentage
https://www.piceeducare.com/all-country-fmge-qualifying-ratio-comparison/
Around 22 per cent candidates have qualified in the recently released results of the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) 2023. Nearly 78 per cent students who pursued medical education from abroad have failed the exam. The pass percentage in the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination has always remained relatively low.
Over the years, qualifying percentage of the entrance exam has hovered around 10 to 20 per cent. This percentage was recorded as low as 4.93 per cent in 2014, while the highest qualifying percentage was recorded as 39 in the December 2022 FMGE.
As per information shared by the government, the pass percentage of students who have pursued medical education from Bangladesh, Nepal has been relatively better than those who have graduated from other countries such as Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan among others.
https://www.ndtv.com/education/fmge-2023-why-pass-percentage-in-foreign-medical-graduates-examination-remains-low-5017925
NEET exam to be held on 5th May (Sunday), 2024
More than 25 lakh students have applied for NEET UG 2024.
National Testing Agency (NTA), a self-reliant and free standing premier testing organization for conducting efficient, transparent and international standard tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admission to premier higher education institutions has been established by Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (GOI), which was formerly known as Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST [ NEET (UG) – 2024] will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday, 05 May 2024 (Sunday) in Pen and Paper mode in 13 languages, namely English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
MNS (Military Nursing Service) aspirants seeking admission to BSc Nursing Course being conducted at Armed Forces Medical Service Hospitals for the year 2024 are required to qualify NEET. The NEET score shall also be used for shortlisting for selection to the four-year BSc Nursing course.
NEET UG 2024 Eligibility Criteria
- Educational Qualification: Candidates must have completed their 10+2 (Intermediate) education with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Biotechnology, and English as their core subjects. The educational institution should be recognized by an authorized board.
- Age Limit: Applicants must be a minimum of 17 years old as of December 31, 2024, to meet the age criteria for eligibility.
Note: For General category candidates, it is required to obtain a minimum of 50% marks in their Intermediate examination. However, if you belong to the OBC, SC, ST, or PWD categories, a score of 40% in the Intermediate exam is sufficient to meet the NEET eligibility criteria.
Shift of NEET UG: Single shift on May 5, 2024, from 2 pm to 5:20 pm.
Candidates must arrive at the exam centers thirty minutes early because there may be formalities to complete before entering the examination hall.
No Candidates will be allowed to enter the exam hall after 1:30 pm.
More than 25 lakh students have applied for NEET UG 2024.
Over 1 lakh seats are available across medical colleges in India.
The NEET Counselling process: 15 per cent of quota seats are allotted by Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) and 85 per cent of state seats are allocated by respective state authorities.
