Editorial

It is only right that a brilliant doctor coming from the backwoods should be rewarded, no matter how his college is rated.

The Medical Council of India has taken the right step in their decision to give a common lest for all medical graduates so that this certificate will be an additional qualification tor post-graduation studies and employment.

To rate all doctors who graduate from a few top institutions as the highest is denying the excellence of other doctors, There is also the additional sin of giving undue advantage to the not so great doctors only because their professors were great.

It is true that any institute which has the cream of professors will be able to train the students in better methods of research. These students will be in the top of common tests also. They will not be put to any disadvantage. On the other hand, this common examination will be of immense help to the brilliant students from the smaller institutions also. This removes the discrimination.

Of course, certain states are reluctant to relinquish their prerogatives. But, under the right of equal opportunity, the M.C.I. should anyway go ahead with their program as it does not infringe on the prerogatives of any state but only helps the institutions to rate students.

As it was put rightly, this is only a levelling of the playing field. This is not in any way levelling the excellence of players.