Nepal’s Medical Education Falling Short of FMGL Regulations 2021 Standards

Nepalese Medical Education Falls Short of 2021 FMGL Regulation Standards

Medical institutions in Nepal have begun their MBBS counseling sessions at their individual campuses. Nevertheless, specialists caution Indian medical candidates that numerous Nepalese medical schools do not satisfy the criteria established by the Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate (FMGL) Regulations 2021 required for practicing in India.

Indian scholars who enrolled following 2021 or intend to pursue medical studies in Nepal are confronting an ambiguous future. Approximately 700 to 900 Indian learners were misguided by the Nepal Medical Commission (NMC) with assurances of granting licenses for international students to practice medicine within Nepal. Nonetheless, the Commission published a notice in the National Gazette (Nepal Rajpatra) on April 12, 2023, declaring that the Nepal Medical Commission would withhold licenses from international students.

Additionally, the Nepal Medical Commission has made it explicit that although overseas students are permitted to sit for the licensing examination in Nepal, they will not be granted a permanent practice license on par with those issued to local Nepalese graduates.

On October 17, 2024, the Association of Private Medical and Dental Colleges of Nepal released a notification guaranteeing that overseas learners qualify for registration once they go back to their native countries.

In the words of Dr. B. Srinivas, Secretary of the National Medical Commission in India, he remarked, India grants good standing certificates to individuals educated within India. Yet, the Indian medical education oversight authority is unable to issue this certificate to scholars who completed their degrees at institutions in Nepal or alternative nations.