80% Foreign Medical Graduates Fail FMGE, Says NBE Data

The National Board of Examination (NBE) data suggests that nearly 80% of foreign medical graduates fail the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE) examination.

After union parliamentary affairs minister Prahlad Joshi had recently said that the 90% of the Indians who study medical outside India fail to clear the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE) examination, the reports are emerging that as per the data of the National Board of Examination (NBE), only 20% of the foreign medical graduates are able to clear the FMGE examination which is a screening test conducted by the NBE and mandated by the National Medical Commission (NMC) to get the medical practitioner license in India.

FMGE is a mandatory examination for medical graduates from countries like Russia, Ukraine, China, the Philippines, Bangladesh and Nepal to practice medicine in India. However, MBBS graduates from the countries like UK, the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, do not need to take the FMGE exam.

FMGE 2022 notification out; Registration starts today, March 15

NBE has released the Information Bulletin of FMGE 2022. The online applications can be filled from today March 15, 3 pm onwards. The foreign medical graduates can fill out the application form latest by April 4, till 11:55 PM.

The Edit Window for all candidates will be open between April 8 to April 12 and the final edit window to rectify images will be open from May 3 to May 6.

"Applications of candidates producing false or fabricated information shall not be considered and candidates may be further debarred from appearing in any future examinations conducted by NBEMS or other Institutions," says the Information Bulletin.

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