MBBS in Kazakhstan

Easy admission, low fee structure and less academic pressure were some of the reasons students from India chose colleges in CIS countries but with the Medical Council of India (MCI).

Easy admission, low fee structure and less academic pressure were some of the reasons students from India chose colleges in CIS countries but with the Medical Council of India (MCI) new eligibility rule and steep hike in fees, fewer Indians are likely to opt for these institutions, feel some MBBS students studying here.

MCI had said a student has to obtain an eligibility certificate from it while seeking admission in an under-graduate course in any foreign medical college after March 15, 2002. Those who fail to obtain the certificate will not be eligible to sit for the MCI's screening test (for foreign-educated doctors).

Mushtaq is a final year MBBS student at Almaty Medical University in Kazakhstan. "When we came six years ago, the fees were very less. Now it has become more almost triple, " Mushtaq, who hails from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh, told PTI here.

"We are also a bit worried about the MCI's rule. We hope that we can clear the eligibility criteria or else all our efforts will bear no fruit, " he said.