The government has invoked provisions of the NMC Act by which the time limit for conducting the National Exit Test (NExT) exam for the final year MBBS students has been extended till September 2024.
Though there is no official word so far that the NExT exam will not be held in 2023, the Union Health Ministry’s gazette notification on September 23 invoking section 59 of the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act states the regulations for conducting the exam are yet to be framed and formation of examination cell is under process.
According to the NMC Act, the commission has to conduct a common final year undergraduate medical examination NExT within three years of it coming into force.