Bhopal: National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences has lowered the par for filling of vacant PG seats. A drop in percentile is by 15 across all categories. It would impact around 300 vacant PG seats in Madhya Pradesh. Most of the seats are non-clinical.
‘Percentile has been reduced by 15 points across all categories i.e the qualifying percentile for General category has been reduced to 35th percentile, for General PwD to 30th percentile and for Reserved category (SC/ST/OBC) will be reduced to 25th percentile’, said a DGHS order of March 12. In effect for candidates of general category, admission could be from 35 percentile. Earlier this limit was 50 percentile. Mop up round percentile for would be 25 percentile for OBC, SC and ST category students. Whereas earlier this limit was fixed at 45 and 40 percentile respectively.
