NMC stresses need for Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system for faculties in medical colleges
The Hindu
NMC reiterates importance of AEBAS for faculty attendance. New rules to come into effect from next academic year. SOP to be implemented for evaluation of examination process. Video record of exam process, data of examiners, details of cases kept for exam, thesis of students to be kept. Physical assessment of medical colleges/institutes after exam.
As part of efforts to weed out "ghost faculty" in medical colleges, the NMC has reiterated the importance of Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system (AEBAS) for faculty members before inspection.
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has been repeatedly asking medical colleges to implement the AEBAS.
The Commission has come out with Medical Assessment and Rating Board guidelines aimed at standardising the application process to start new medical colleges or increase seats in existing institutions and dealing with ghost faculty among others.
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The new rules will come into effect from the next academic year, the apex medical education regulatory body said.
"The daily AEBAS of the required staff (faculty, residents and supporting staff), preferably along with face-linked recognition shall be made available to the NMC as well as on the medical college website in the form of daily attendance dashboard," the guidelines said.
In a notice issued along with the guidelines, the NMC said that the Post Graduate Medical Education Board has decided to follow a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be implemented with immediate effect for purpose of evaluating examination process as a part of inspection for recognition/recognition against increased intake/renewal of recognition of course of a qualification.
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