Friday, March 18, 2011

Inclusion of Bio-Technology

New Delhi: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has requested Medical Council of India (MCI) to consider Bio-technology as an eligible subject in the higher secondary stage in order to be eligible to appear in All India Pre-Medical Tech (AIPMT) for 15 per cent merit positions for the medical colleges of India. MCI has amended the 'Regulation on Graduate Medical Education, 1997' and the candidates who have opted for Bio-technology as an elective subject in place of Biology at +2 level are now eligible to appear in medical entrance examination.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Dr. D. Purandeswari, in a written reply to a question, in the Lok Sabha today.

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