Jodhpur : National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM), operating under the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, has reduced the minimum eligibility percentile for admission to Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) course by 15% for all categories. So that the number of new eligible students can increase. The minimum eligibility percentile for General and EWS categories for admission to BAMS course was 50%, which has been reduced by 15% to 35% now.
The minimum eligibility percentile for OBC-NCL, SC and ST categories has now been reduced from 40% to only 25%. The purpose of reducing the minimum eligibility for admission is to increase the number of students seeking admission against the vacant seats. In such a situation, students who have scored less than 127 marks out of 720 in all sections i.e. less than 17% marks are also eligible for admission in BAMS course and other undergraduate AYUSH courses under AYUSH Central Counseling and State Counselling. Will be. It remains to be seen how many students will show interest in taking admission in it this year.
Marks related to reduced percentile not announced, counseling will start again. Information about reducing the minimum eligibility percentile for AYUSH undergraduate courses Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani and Siddha has been shared in the notification issued by AACCC on November 18, but The marks related to the newly declared eligibility percentile have not been informed. According to the information given by the National Testing Agency while releasing the revised exam result of NEET UG-2024, the minimum eligibility percentile is 50 percentile related marks in General and EWS category 162, 40 percentile related marks in OBC-NCL, SC and ST category is 127. Is.
Education expert Dev Sharma says that the branding of the undergraduate Ayurveda course, Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) course is weak, hence student-parents show less interest. In such a situation, many times a student opts to appear in NEET UG for admission in MBBS course, but does not take admission in undergraduate Ayurveda course. The actual situation is that the inclination of meritorious students in this direction is almost negligible. At present, there is a need for re-branding of undergraduate Ayurveda courses. With the help of internationally renowned educational brands like All India Institute of Medical Sciences-AIIMS and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), these institutions themselves are modernizing the undergraduate Ayurveda courses with the new curriculum. They should be re-launched as well. Special packages should also be given along with these courses so that confidence can be created among the students and parents.
