National Medical Commission cancels regressive CBME Guidelines, revised framework to be released in due course: Official Notice

The National Medical Commission ( NMC ) has decided to withdraw the recently published Competency-Based Medical Education Curriculum (CBME) Guidelines for 2024. According to a notice released by the Commission on Thursday, September 5, 2024, the guidelines associated with the CBME 2024 curriculum have been officially cancelled and will no longer be in effect. The NMC has announced that these guidelines will undergo revision and will be updated at a later date.


The withdrawal follows protests from transgender and disability rights groups, who criticized the new guidelines for MBBS students, describing them as discriminatory and biased against transgender and disabled individuals. The groups have condemned the guidelines as promoting ableist and transphobic perspectives in medical education.



Check official notice below