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When you are reading this article, let’s assume you are from a medical background or you are an aspiring MBBS student. Hopping you may come across the term FMGE (Foreign Medical Graduate Examination) It is an examination for medical students who passed their MBBS/MD from foreign countries for candidates who chose MBBS abroad.
Why FMGE?
In a nutshell, FMGE (Foreign Medical Graduate Examination) allows medical graduates to start their medical career in India or any other country that conducts this examination. After passing this exam, students are awarded a license to practice in India or that particular country. If you still think you have very little info about this exam, you can browse our other blogs for know.
Coming to the main point recorded passing percentage of FMGE to date. The FMGE i.e. Foreign Medical Graduate Examination Dec 2022, which was conducted by the National Board of Examinations on the 12th of January 2023, announced the result on the 3rd of February 2023.
The passing percentage was 39.6%, which was truly an amazing thing that happened this year. It is no doubt outstanding results that rose high compared to the last few years. Unfortunately, the passing percentage of the FMGE (Foreign Medical Graduate Examination) has always been low, sometimes between 10 to 20%, which was not outstanding for sure. Furthermore, this year witnessed a maximum passing percentage and a large number of students qualified for the examination.
The high passing percentage has also been reasoned with the supposed uncertainty as well as fear of the NExT Exam i.e. National Exit Test which is scheduled to be introduced in the next academic year. Needless to say, the majority of students who sat for this exam know the FMGE pattern then NExT. They seem to have worked hard. Thus, we gave an outstanding result this time!
Let’s see the FMGE Session and Passing Percentage in detail.
|
FMGE SESSION |
PASSING PERCENTAGE |
|---|---|
|
2014 |
4.93% JUNE 20% DECEMBER |
|
2015 |
10.40% JUNE 12.2% DECEMBER |
|
2016 |
11.22% JUNE 8.08% DECEMBER |
|
2017 |
7.41% JUNE 13.89% DECEMBER |
|
2018 |
10.2% DECEMBER |
|
2019 |
20.7% JUNE |
|
2020 |
9.94% DECEMBER |
|
2021 |
23.91% DECEMBER |
|
2022 |
10.61% JUNE 39.6% DECEMBER |
A reputed daily stated with a general conversation of Union Health Ministry that this is an examination medical students have worked hard, therefore, the difficulty index might also have been slightly lower this DECEMBER 2022 exam.
FMGE (Foreign Medical Graduate Examination) is no doubt a tough exam in the country, and students show truly super results. In the end, it can be said, that it does not matter what the reason behind this excellent result in the passing percentage of the medical licensing exam in the country. It certainly seems promising, and at the same time assuring all Indian medical students who completed MBBS from foreign countries prepare their turn to excel in the FMGE (Foreign Medical Graduate Examination) or NExT (National Exit Test).
Also Read: FMGE Passing Percentage of Top Countries for MBBS
