Keeping in mind the upcoming National Common Entrance Test (NCET) for medical and engineering courses, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has decided to change the syllabus for the HSC examination from the next academic year.
Board officials are taking the help of the National Council of Education, Research and Training (NCERT) for the proposed changes.
Currently, there are over 18 entrance tests for admission to medical colleges in the country. They are conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the state governments and even some private medical colleges.
According to senior officials, there is no official announcement yet from the central government about which year the NCET will begin. Though some states are still reluctant to follow the exam, most other states have shown a keen interest in the exams.
“From the next academic year, we will change the entire syllabus of HSC, especially in the Science stream, since the NCET is related to the Science stream. At the same time, we will also make some changes in the Commerce and Arts streams. Our current syllabus to some extent, meets the requirement of the NCET but we still want more changes,” said Ujwaladevi Patil, chairperson, MSBSHSE.
She added, “Our board officials who were invited by the NCERT, discussed the issue over a syllabus which will followed by most of the state. Now, these same officials are involved in the syllabus changing committee.”
In 2010, the Medical Council of India chief Dr SK Sarin announced they are going to conduct the NCET from 2012-13. But after this declaration, there has been a huge debate across the country. Some of the states raised objections over the quota and reservation system. However, the government has clarified that there will be no changes in the quota and reservation systems.
The ministry of human resource development had also mooted a proposal to have a common entrance test for medical and engineering courses.
This common entrance examination will cover all medical colleges, except the Armed Forces Medical College, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi and the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh.
The AIIMS and PGI Chandigarh were established under Acts of Parliament and hence, are not covered by the Indian Medical Council Act.
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