The National Exit Test (NEXT) is now national medical postgraduate exam that is mandatory for the MBBS students to pass in order to get a Dr tag with their name.
The exam was introduced by the central government of India in the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill 2019. The NEXT exam will act as a replacement for the FMGE Exam as well as the NEET-PG Exam.
Few days back a circular went viral on social media claiming that the proposed NExT exam will take place in the second half of 2023 but later on it was clarified as a fake notice by the NMC.
On June 8th, sever medical reports has claimed that the NExT exam is likely to take place from 2024 and the same day Health Ministry announced that the National Exit Test (NExT) will be held from 2024.
According to several media reports, All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS (Delhi) is likely to conduct the exam.
The exam is proposed to be conducted in two parts, NExT 1 which will be theoretical post the final year and NExT 2, which will be a practical, clinical and viva based.
