The National Board of Medical Sciences Examination is conducting the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) on Saturday.
The exam is being conducted at 71 centres in 50 cities in two shifts – 9 am to 11.30 am and 2 pm to 4.30 pm.
The Health Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the FMGE 2024 exam has begun smoothly across the country and no untoward incident has been reported so far.
The statement comes after a nationwide uproar over the NEET UG 2024 exam amid concerns of irregularities and paper leaks.
The FMGE exam is being conducted under tight security and strict monitoring of Home Ministry officials. To monitor the FMGE 2024 exam, the NBEMS headquarters in Delhi has set up a command center. FMGE is a screening test to test the aptitude of medical graduates who wish to practice medicine in the country.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has appointed a 71-member team to visit the examination centres. Besides, 42 NBEMS staff have been deployed at the centres where 35,819 candidates are taking the exam amid tight security and strict monitoring.
“The material was successfully downloaded at all the exam centres. The examination started smoothly at all the exam centres. A team of Home Ministry officials has visited the NBEMS headquarters. No untoward incident has been reported,” NDTV This information was given quoting an officer.
“The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences is conducting the FMGE today. The exam is being held at 71 centres in 50 cities across the country,” the official account of All India Radio News, AIR News Services Division, said in a post on social media platform X.
The National Board of Medical Examination is conducting the FMGE today. The exam is being conducted at 71 centres in 50 cities across the country.
255 evaluators and 53 faculty members have been appointed as flying squads to prevent any irregularities in the examination…
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) July 6, 2024
The post further said, “255 evaluators and 53 faculty members have been appointed as flying squads for all the centres to prevent any irregularities in the examination.”
Live CCTV feeds are actively monitoring each testing centre, and TCS ground teams are addressing operational and logistical issues on site.
