March 14, 2022
Md Nadimul Haque makes a Zero Hour mention on revamping India’s medical infrastructure and making it more responsive to the people’s needs
Mr. Chairman, Sir, I thank you for allowing me to make this submission. Sir, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has exposed the inefficiency plaguing the Indian medical education system as sheer number of Indian students pursuing medical education abroad has become apparent. Medical education in India is unaffordable and competitive forcing
aspirants from lower and middle income families to pursue medicine in countries where it is cheaper and less competitive. Fee charged in India, on an average, ranges from Rs. 14 lakhs in Government colleges to about Rs. 60-70 lakhs in private colleges. Additionally, Sir, it is alleged, the qualifying marks for NEET are kept low at
19 per cent to expand the pool of students who can afford fee as high as Rs. 1.25-1.5 crore. This acts as filter forcing poorer but meritorious students to seek education abroad, following which they are required to appear the
Foreign Medical Graduation Examination to practice medicine in India. Sir, with this thought in mind, I earnestly urge the Government to take expeditious measures to revamp the country’s medical education infrastructure and make it more responsive to the needs of the common man. Thank you.
