BS Course not Counted as Part of MBBS in Philippines: NMC

In an important update, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has claimed that the 2-year Basic Sciences (BS) course that precedes the MD program in Philippines will NOT be counted as part of the official duration of a Filipino medical program.
This means that on paper, the degree would not be 6 years but only 4 years long. The NMC says that the BS course includes contents that have already been taught in Class XI and XII in India. Thus, there’s no point in including it in the official duration of MBBS in Philippines.
Events Leading up to This Decision
Most of the top medical colleges in the Philippines offer a BS+MD program in which, the “Doctor of Medicine Program (MD)” that is equivalent to the MBBS degree in India and goes up to 4 years, while the “Basic Science (BS) Program” is a 2-year program.
On 18th November 2021, the NMC came out with its official gazette pertaining to Foreign Medical Graduate Licenciate Regulations. One of the major points that worked against Filipino medical degrees was the minimum compulsory duration of degrees which the NMC stated to be 54 months/4.5 years at least (excluding the 1-year internship period, making it 5.5 years at least).
The MD courses in Philippines are 4 years long and are preceded by the 2-year BS course. If the latter was accounted for, the total duration of MBBS in Philippines would be 6 years (more than the 5.5-year benchmark). However, the NMC gazette does NOT officially recognize the BS degree.
This led to its fair share of reactions from the student community. The NMC itself received requests and representations from several students who enrolled in the BS-MD course before the NMC Gazette/FMGL Regulations 2021. They sought exemption from the regulations.
Apart from this, a PIL was also filed in the Rajasthan High Court by an MBBS student pursuing MBBS abroad. High Court Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice Sameer Jain also issued a notice regarding this matter.
The NMC Verdict in Detail
The first thing that the NMC decision made clear is that the FMGL Regulations 2021 will ONLY apply to those who seek admission after the passing of said regulations. This means that those who were already enrolled in universities before the passing of regulations will be eligible for further studies and practice in India EVEN IF their medical degree does not qualify NMC standards.
Furthermore, the NMC noted that the Basic Science course includes subjects of Biology, which is similar to the syllabus of Classes 11th and 12th. Additionally, they also claimed that this BS course doesn’t cover pre-clinical disciplines like Biochemistry, Anatomy, Microbiology, etc. All that it covers only basic subjects like Psychology and Biology.
In simple words, the NMC says that students have already undergone the requisite medical studies during their Class 11th,12th, and during their NEET preparations and thus, won’t gain any further knowledge through the BS course. Therefore, there is no point in including it as part of the MBBS in Philippines official duration.
To know more about this exam as well as other medical, management, and engineering exams, keep yourself updated on https://www.mbbsadmissionabroad.in/news
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is in charge of the NEET UG 2025 counselling process, which helps students get seats in medical colleges after the NEET exam. ?
What’s the update?
The NEET 2025 result was declared on June 14, 2025. The counselling process usually starts 1–2 months after the result. So, counselling is expected to begin by July or August 2025. What should students do now? Keep checking the official MCC website and websites of other counselling bodies. They will share important updates like: Counselling schedule, Registration dates, Choice filling and seat allotment information
In short: Stay alert and regularly check official websites so you don’t miss anything important!
The counselling process for MBBS admissions through KEA NEET UG 2025 is expected to follow this schedule:
Month | Event |
July 2025 | Start of KEA NEET Option Entry (choose your preferred colleges and courses) |
August 2025 | Mock Allotment Result will be announced (to help you understand possible seat allotment) |
August 2025 | You can make changes to your options if needed |
August 2025 | Second Mock Allotment Result will be released |
August 2025 | Final First Round Allotment Result will be published |
September 2025 | Last date to report to the college you got admitted to |
Category NEET MDS Cutoff Percentile NEET MDS 2025 Cutoff Score General/EWS 50th Percentile 261 SC/ST/OBC (Including PwBD of SC/ST/OBC) 40th Percentile 227 General PWBD 45th Percentile 244
Rank 1: Mahesh Kumar - 99.9999547 percentile
Rank 2: Utkarsh Awadhiya - 99.9999095 percentile
Rank 3: Krishang Joshi- 99.9998189 percentile
Rank 4: Mrinal Kishore Jha- 99.9998189 percentile
Rank 5: Avika Aggarwal- 99.9996832 percentile
Rank 6: Jenil Vinodbhai Bhayani- 99.9996832
Rank 7: Keshav Mittal- 99.9996832
Rank 8: Jha Bhavya Chirag- 99.9996379
Rank 9: Harsh Kedawat- 99.9995474
Rank 10: Aarav Agrawal- 99.9995474
Category Number of Students Qualified General 3,38,728 OBC 5,64,611 EWS 97,085 SC 1,68,873 ST 67,234 Total 12,36,531
NIRF 2024 Rank: Medical colleges
1: AIIMS Delhi
2: PGIMER
3: Christian Medical College
4: National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore
5: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
6: Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
7: Banaras Hindu University 8: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
9: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
10: Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai
No, NTA will not send the NEET 2025 scorecard by email or WhatsApp. Students need to go to the official NEET 2025 website and download their scorecard from there
NTA has released the final answer key today on the NTA official website. Students can check their scorecard now. Source
The NTA will make a merit list based on NEET (UG) 2025 scores for students who are eligible under the 15% All India Quota. This list will be given to the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, NCISM, and NCH (under the Ministry of AYUSH). These departments will use the list to do online counselling and give seats to students.
Students can follow the given instructions to check the NEET result:
Step 1: Visit the official website of neet.nta.nic.in
Step 2: Click on NEET UG 2025 result, which is available on the homepage
Step 3: Submit application number and password
Step 4: NEET UG Result 2025 will appear on the screen
Step 5: Download and view the scorecard PDF
Step 6: Keep it safe for future reference
(i) The OMR sheets are checked by a computer using special software that is fair to everyone.
(ii) Students are also allowed to raise objections if they find any errors in how their OMR was processed or if they have any doubts about the answer key.
Yes, it is expected that NTA will release the NEET 2025 final answer key and the result or scorecard on the same day. However, there might be a few hours’ gap — the final answer key will likely come out first, and the result will follow later.
- General category (Economically Weaker Section - GEN-EWS): 10% of the seats in every course are reserved.
- Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer - OBC-NCL): 27% of the seats in every course are reserved.
- Scheduled Caste (SC): 15% of the seats in every course are reserved.
- Scheduled Tribe (ST): 7.5% of the seats in every course are reserved.
- Persons with Disability (PwBD): 5% of the seats in each category (GEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, and ST) are reserved for students with disabilities. This is called horizontal reservation, which means it is given within each category.
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If a candidate forgets their NEET 2025 application number, they need to click on the ‘Forgot Application No’ link near the application number box. Then, they must fill in their name, father’s name, mother’s name, date of birth (from the dropdown), and the security code shown on the screen. This will help them get back their application number.
While checking the NEET result, students should make sure the following details are mentioned on the scorecard:
- Name of the student
- Roll number Application number
- Marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology
- Total marks Percentile score
- All India Rank (AIR)
- Category rank (if any)
- Qualifying status for NEET UG
- Cut-off marks
Before checking the NEET 2025 result or downloading the scorecard, candidates should keep the following things ready:
- NEET 2025 Application Number
- NEET 2025 Password
- A working desktop or laptop
- A good internet connection
- Step 1: Visit NTA official website: neet.nta.nic.in
- Step 2: Click on NEET UG 2025 result link
- Step 3: Submit application number and password
- Step 4: NEET UG Result 2025 will appear on the screen
- Step 5: View and download scorecard PDF
- Step 6: Keep it safe for future reference
- Correct answer: +4 marks
- Incorrect response: -1 mark
- Unanswered question: 0 mark
- Roll Number: The number given to the candidate for the exam
- Application Number: The number used while filling the NEET form
- Personal Details: Includes name, parents’ names, gender, date of birth, nationality, category, etc.
- Subject Percentile: Percentile scored in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Botany & Zoology)
- Total Marks: Total marks scored in NEET
- Percentile Score: Overall percentile score in the exam
- All India Rank (NEET 2025): Rank among all NEET candidates in India
- Qualifying Status: Whether the candidate has passed NEET or not
- AIR for 15% AIQ Seats: Rank for the 15% All India Quota seats
- NEET Cutoff Score: Minimum score needed to pass NEET
- Roll number
- Date of birth
- Security pin
The situation around the NEET UG exam remains unclear. Over 50 petitions were heard in the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The NTA informed the court that 8,790 candidates appeared at the affected centers, but only 75 of them reported issues or irregularities. The court has scheduled the next hearing for June 9.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will soon release the final NEET UG 2025 answer key on its official website. Students who took the NEET UG 2025 exam can check it at neet.nta.nic.in.
No, if you select two options for one question, even if one is correct, you will not get any marks. Only questions with one correct answer marked will be given marks.
- Visit: https://neet.nta.nic.in
- Click on "Display OMR Answer Sheet/Challenge response and Answer Key".
- Login using your NEET 2025 Application Number, Password, and Captcha.
- On the left panel, click "OMR Challenge".
- Then click on "OMR Challenge Link".
- Your OMR sheet will appear on screen.
- Scroll down and click "Challenge recorded response".
- Select the questions you want to challenge.
- The number shown is the option you marked in the OMR sheet.
- To challenge, choose the correct option under "Candidate’s Claim".
- After selecting, click "Submit" and go to the next screen.
- You will see a list of your selected challenges.
- Click "Submit and Pay Fee Finally".
- Pay ?200 per question using Debit/Credit Card or Net Banking.
- After payment, download or print your receipt.
- Visit the official NEET website: https://exams.nta.ac.in/NEET/
- Click on the link for "NEET 2025 Answer Key and OMR Response Sheet".
- Log in using your application number and date of birth, or password.
- Once logged in, you can download the answer key and your OMR response sheet as PDFs.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the NEET 2025 Answer Key along with the NEET Response Sheet (OMR Sheet) today, June 5, 2025. Students can also raise objections or challenge the answer key, but the last date to do so is also June 5, 2025. Earlier, it was expected that the answer key would come out by the end of May, but it was finally released on June 3, 2025.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the temporary answer key for the NEET UG 2025 exam on Tuesday, June 3. Students who took the exam can now check the answers on the official website: neet.nta.nic.in.
- Prachita from Rajasthan
- Palansha Agarwal from Maharashtra
- Mane Neha Kuldeep from Maharashtra
- Iram Quazi from Rajasthan
After the results are announced, the counselling process for MBBS, BDS, and other medical courses will start. It will be handled by the MCC (Medical Counselling Committee) and by the respective state counselling authorities.
After the results are announced, the counselling process for MBBS, BDS, and other medical courses will start. It will be conducted by the MCC (Medical Counselling Committee) and the respective state counselling authorities.
The NEET UG 2025 result and All India Rank (AIR) will be announced soon after the final answer key is released.
Candidates can object to the provisional answer key for a short period. To do so, they must give proof and pay ?200 for each question they challenge.
The NEET (UG) 2025 result may also be used by other Central and State Government departments, based on their own rules and eligibility criteria. The result will also be used for admission to B.Sc. (Hons.) Nursing courses follow their specific rules. In addition, the NEET (UG) 2025 result will be used for admission to BVSc & AH courses under the 15% quota set by the Veterinary Council of India (VCI) in approved veterinary colleges. However, the Council must first contact the MCC of DGHS, MoHFW, to get the result data.
- You can find the list of Medical Colleges at: www.nmc.org.in
- You can find the list of Dental Colleges at: https://dciindia.gov.in/
- You can find the list of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and Homeopathy Colleges at these websites: www.ccimindia.org http://www.ayush.gov.in www.cchindia.com
The scanned copy of each NEET (UG) candidate’s original OMR answer sheet and scorecard will be safely stored in DigiLocker (a service run by the Ministry of Electronics and IT). Candidates can easily access these documents at https://digilocker.gov.in, if they agreed to it while filling out the online application.
NEET Answer Key 2025 Live: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will soon release the NEET UG 2025 answer key. The exact date hasn't been confirmed yet, but it is likely to be released today.
The NEET UG 2025 result hearing for students from 11 exam centers in Madhya Pradesh, who were affected by a power cut during the exam, has been postponed to May 29. These students have requested the Madhya Pradesh High Court for a re-examination or some other form of assistance.
The NEET 2025 OMR response sheet is expected to be released in the last week of May 2025. Candidates can download it from the official website to review their marked answers and estimate their probable scores before the results are released.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will soon release the NEET 2025 provisional answer key and the OMR response sheet PDF. According to the expected schedule, the answer key will likely be released in the fourth week of May. So, students can expect the official NEET 2025 answer key and OMR sheet to be available soon.
At the last court hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who spoke for the NTA, told the court that a special committee would be set up to look into complaints from 24 exam centers in Indore.
National Testing Agency (NTA) will soon release the NEET UG Provisional Answer Key for the exam held on May 4, 2025. This year, 91.4% of students (about 20.8 lakh) attended the exam, which is lower than last year when 97.6% took the test.
After the NTA publishes the answer key, students can raise any objections if they find mistakes.
These may include The question paper Your recorded responses (what you marked in the exam) Along with the answer key, the NTA will also show the question paper and the OMR sheet (the answer sheet filled by the students).
- Visit at neet.nta.nic.in.
- Click on the NEET Answer Key 2025 link.
- Enter the login details 4. Now check the result
NEET UG 2025 exam provisional answer key can be accessible soon at NTA official website