Heeding objections highlighted in a mid-day report, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has revised the MBBS syllabus related to virginity test and the LGBTQIA community. The revised guidelines for Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum 2024-25 by the Under Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) was released on September 12, by the NMC secretary. mid-day was the first to raise the issue in its report titled ‘Virginity test finds its way back into medical syllabus’ dated September 3, 2024.

The new modified CBME asks to teach, describe, and discuss how signs of virginity are unscientific, inhuman, and discriminatory. Representation Pic