Is interview to promote nepotism to be started in NEET SS as well ?
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Is interview to promote nepotism to be started in NEET SS as well
The Director PGIMER has stated that practical assessment as part of entrance exam would be reintroduced in Super specialty courses at PGIMER. He has also given his word that the process will be transparent. It is however unclear on what basis he has taken this retrograde step. Reading this news I could nearly visualize the erstwhile MCI being reinstated while dissolving the new NMC and the notes demonetized being declared legal currency once again.
PGIMER to my knowledge has not as yet declared independence from India. If practical assessment is needed for Super specialty admissions in PGIMER then it is also needed across the country. Since it has not been deemed fit elsewhere it should not be reintroduced here. However if such is the uniform desire of the faculty let the entrance to be conducted by National Board of Examination with practical assessment in institutions other than PGIMER. That will fulfill the director’s desire for practical assessment based admissions and allay the nay Sayers fears regarding nepotism and transparency.
I agree that only MCQ based exams are not the ideal way to select candidates for superspecialty courses. However interview as existed before was a backdoor entry for favored candidates. What is this practical training exactly that the director looking for. The MS surgery graduates of the institute are experts in pushing trolleys, drawing blood samples, collecting reports, writing discharge summaries and medical records but have hardly any hands on experience and may do well in theory exams but would not match a graduate from RML Delhi, SMS Jaipur, or PGIMER Rohtak when it comes to surgical skills. Is it that Prof Lal does not want institute’s own candidates in superspecialty courses ? It is not exactly practical training which is desired to be assessed , it is “interview” which he wishes to reintroduce. Therein lies the crux of the matter. What exactly is wished to be asked in interview ; the candidate’s father’s name ?