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c) For quality medical education:

i. Uniform Eligibility Tests: For monitoring of quality of Education, through
NCISM Act, 2020 and NCH Act, 2020, there is a uniform National

Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to the undergraduate courses
& Post Graduate National Entrance Test for Post-graduation Course

respectively in each of the disciplines of the Indian System of Medicine
& Homoeopathy in all medical institutions governed under these Acts.

ii. Formation of Ayush Admissions Central Counselling Committee
(AACCC): to conduct e-counselling for admission to All India Quota

–UG & PG seats under Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani & Homoeopathy
(ASU&H) streams.

iii. All India Quota Seats has been created: Minimum 15% of the total
seats of all ASU & H UG & PG courses in Government, Government

aided, Private Colleges, Deemed Universities, Central Universities and
National Institutes from academic year 2019-20

iv. National Exit Test: It is a common final year undergraduate medical
examination which shall be held for granting licence to practice as

medical practitioners.
v. National Teachers Eligibility Test: It shall be conducted separately for

the post-graduates of ISM & Homoeopathy who desire to take up teaching
profession in respective discipline.

vi. Minimum Standard in Medical Education (Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani
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Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy undergraduate courses) have been notified.

vii. Competency/Outcome Based Course Curriculum and Syllabus for
ISM and Homoeopathy have been implemented to ensure competency

of the medical students; Early clinical exposure to medical students
implemented from the first year of the course/programme.

viii. Methodology to supplement modern advances, scientific and
technological developments in Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa-

Rigpa (ASUS) and Homoeopathy curriculum has been included in the
regulations.

ix. To promote multi-disciplinary attitude and approach, 28 online elective
courses have also been started for first professional undergraduate medical

students of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa-Rigpa (ASUS).

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