90% of Indian students who study MBBS abroad fail in NEET: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralh Joshi said on Monday that around 90% of Indian students who study medicine abro fail to clear medical examinations in India. Minister furr said that 60% of Indian students who go abro for medical studies land in China, Russia, and Ukraine, and a large number of Indian students end up in China alone. He furr explained that total fee for MBBS course in se countries is somewhere around Rs 35 lakh, including cost of six years of education, living expenses, coaching, and clearing screening test on return to India. He said, in India, fee for an entire MBBS course is around Rs 45 to 55 lakhs, or even more, which only includes tuition fee for MBBS course in private colleges, which is major cause why Indian students go out to study.

Why do Indian students move to Ukraine for MBBS?

According to reports, around 20 to 25 thousand medical students go abro every year. To pursue a career in medicine in India, one has to clear NEET entrance examination. But every year, only seven to eight lakh students qualify for NEET. However, re are around 90,000 medical seats in country, and more than half of se seats come under government medical colleges, where education is comparatively cheaper. Students can get mission into se colleges only if y score good marks in NEET. While speaking to media persons, Joshi also spoke about Indian students who are currently in war-torn Ukraine. He said Indian government is making efforts to bring back Indian nationals safely. He, however, revealed that along with or people, Indian nationals are also facing a problem, and those living in Kharkiv and Kyiv are particularly unable to get food and water.

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