NUC Discredits The Report That Medical Students Are To Spend 11 Years In school

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has

discredited the reports that medical students in

Nigerian universities would henceforth study for

11 years before obtaining an MBBS degree.

This was disclosed by the NUC Executive

Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, in Abuja,

According to him, the new Benchmark Minimum

Academic Standard (BMAS) for Medicine and

Dentistry, which had since been made public by

commission, only provides for a seven-year

training, leading to the award of MBBS/MDS.

"A seven year MBBS programme that encompass

a seamless four- year acquisition of the B.SC.

Basic Medical Science with interest in either

Anatomy/Physiology/Biochemistry."

"At the end of seven years, students would have

acquired the Bachelor of Medical Science,

Bachelorof Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

degrees. In case of dental programmes, students

would have acquired a degree in Basic Dental

Sciences and Bachelor of Dental Surgery."