muhs final year mbbs exam: Maha health varsity’s final-year UG exams to be held offline, no change in schedule

NASHIK: The Board of Examinations (BoE) of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has decided that there will be no alterations in the dates for the final-year undergraduate examinations of health science courses.

The BoE, headed by varsity’s acting vice-chancellor Nitin Karmalkar, has also made it clear that the exams will be held in offline mode.

The BoE has also approved the SOP framed by the varsity’s examination department for the conduct of the exams in adherence to the Covid safety protocols. The examinees have to wear masks during the exams.

These decisions assume significance as some final-year MBBS students had written to state medical education minister Amit Deshmukh and MUHS demanding that the exams be conducted online.

A total of 10,995 final-year students of various health science courses such as MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BAMS will appear for the winter 2020 exams. While the theory papers will take place between March 8 and March 22, the practicals will be held from March 25 to April 30.

Varsity’s controller of examinations Ajit Pathak told TOI that the Bombay high court has directed the varsity to hold the examinations offline.

“Moreover, since the students who are successful in this exam have to undergo mandatory one-year internship in hospitals, it will help those hospitals have more doctors to treat patients, including those infected with the novel coronavirus,” added Pathak.

MUHS has set up 165 exam centres across the state. Each centre has been provided with Rs 20,000 to buy sanitizers and sodium hypochlorite.

Pathak said the MUHS had successfully conducted the winter 2020 postgraduate exams for different health science courses in January and February this year. And results of many of these exams like PG allopathy, PG dental, PG physiotherapy have been declared.