Standards of Education In Alternative Medicine

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There are 439 colleges of Ayurveda, Yoga And Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha And Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in the country out of which 96 collages have postgraduates departments for imparting PG teaching. Under Siddha system there are six Siddha medical colleges. Out of these six, two colleges are having the postgraduate teaching facility.

There are 39 Unani medical colleges out of which eight have PG teaching facilities. These are ten colleges of Naturopathy and Yoga. The Government has set up national level educational institutions of each system as model institutes to promote excellence in AYUSH education.

The government is providing financial assistance to under-graduate colleges for strengthening infrastructure, teaching and training facilities and for upgrading undergraduate department for post-graduate education in the concerned subject.

With an object of creating state-of-art institute, a scheme to develop one model institute of Ayurveda, Yoga And Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha And Homoeopathy (AYUSH) per system per state is under implementation. As a part of the continuing education and in order to instill confidence and to update the skills, a reorientation training programme for teachers, physicians etc. have been implemented.

The state governments sponsor teachers and physicians to these courses. Efforts are underway to have the pharmacy and nursing education regulated. In the filed of Yoga and Naturopathy education, also the proposal to set up a regulatory council is under consideration.

After amendment to CCIM act and CCH act, the permission of the central government will now be required to start new colleges, increase seats and start higher or new courses of study in existing colleges. Regulations in respect of Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha colleges have been notified on 15 March 2004, in the official Gazette.

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