Leaked paper: Parents demand test be conducted again

ETEA official refutes claim, says it is impossible to conduct exam for a second time

PESHAWAR: Parents have voiced their reservations over the leaked entrance test paper for medical and dental colleges and demanded the relevant authorities to conduct the exam once again.

The entrance test was held on July 24 for admissions to various public and private sector medical and dental colleges across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The paper also went viral through social media. However, the leaked test paper created uncertainty amongst the parents and students.

Speaking to The Express Tribune, they voiced reservations over how the test was conducred.



A government official said his daughter secured high marks throughout her academic career but she scored only 200 out of 800 marks in the entrance test. He said the highest marks in the test were 691, which was a record.

“It would be unjust to other students if some of them leaked the paper and got high marks illegally,” he said. He demanded the authorities to investigate the matter and conduct the test again.

Responding to allegations, ETEA Executive Director Professor Shakil Mufti showed satisfaction over the entrance test, saying the rumours regarding leaked paper were baseless.

He said a meeting was held on Thursday in which the whole team of ETEA had decided that the test would not be conducted again.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 29^th, 2016.