Ensure Quality Of Medical Education

The Medical Education Commission (MEC), which has been established as per the National Medical Education Act, 2075, is mandated to manage the medical education sector in an effective manner. As a regulatory body, MEC came into being at a time when the country’s medical education was in a mess. The nation witnessed a mushrooming growth in the number of medical colleges that did not have even basic physical infrastructure and human resources. Despite being a very sensitive sector, medical education was commercialised in such a way that there were massive manipulations in terms of granting universities’ affiliation to colleges, allocation of seats for the undergraduate level and enrolment of students. This sector was in the grip of unhealthy business practices. There were many public grievances against private medical colleges as they were found overcharging students under different headings. But the quality of education provided by those institutions was deteriorating. So, this sector was reeling from massive irregularities.