A Supreme Court-appointed panel to oversee the MCI’s functioning slammed the medical education regulator, saying it “disregarded” its directives by not conducting fresh inspection of medical colleges. A statement issued by the Oversight Committee (OC), headed by a Justice, said it had resolved that all applicant medical colleges, which were not given an opportunity to present their compliance to deficiencies communicated by MCI, be given an opportunity to do so by June 22 in its meeting held on June 13.
“However, in disregard of directives of OC dated June 13, 2016, MCI returned all applications without conducting any fresh assessment or inspection seeking refuge in legal arguments, which have been found untenable by OC. “Ministry of Health and Family Welfare also did not make any fresh assessment and recommendations and merely forwarded the reports of MCI to the OC,” the OC statement…
