Punjab

QAU tasked to scrutinise MDCAT results

Post-exam analysis ordered after students protested against pre-medical exam results

APP October 06, 2021

Medical aspirants demand holding fresh MDCAT examination on the same day across the country. Photo: Express

ISLAMABAD:

The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has directed the National Medical Authority (NMA) to start the comprehensive MDCAT post-exam analysis, considering the grievances of students.

According to official sources, the Quaid-e-Azam University has been given the task of post-exam analysis to ensure the satisfaction of all students. The council, while directing the authority to engage the Quaid-e-Azam University to conduct the post-exam analysis, instructed the analysis to be concluded during the week with the final result of the MDCAT to be announced by October 9.

The president, the PMC and the Quaid-e-Azam University vice-chancellor will jointly review the post-exam analysis report for its approval prior to the result being compiled.

The council has advised that during the post-exam analysis all questions which are found to be vague, ambiguous or even slightly out of the PMC-MDCAT syllabus will be removed and students attempting such questions will be given a corresponding score for the removed questions.

Students have been asked to show patients and await the final results, at which time the commission believes all their concerns would have been addressed.

The council has assured that all steps were taken to produce a verifiable and correct result that would withstand scrutiny; the sources said.

The council reiterated that as per international standards the question bank was created by experts from all over Pakistan and then reviewed for quality and difficulty levels by two separate sets of experts with no interference by the authority, academic board, or the council to maintain the integrity of the question bank.

The post-exam analysis is part of an examination process and through which the exam itself is scrutinised at the highest level to ensure a fair result and outcome, the sources said.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 6^th, 2021.

COMMENTS (20)

Zain Mustafa | 3 years ago | Reply How can one scrutinise results of millions and come up with fair outcome there is big flaw in the system my brother s score has been decreased from 163 to 125 while one boy who scored marks as low as 70 has got 170 score after post-analysis results announced on 9 Oct why this injustice and discrimination is done to those despotic people whose career is at stake. PMC should answer this.

Ehsanullah parent | 3 years ago | Reply Later on the examination converted in to LOTTERY which is not acceptable

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Aden shahid | 3 years ago | Reply Students are definitely on the right path lts a very valgur way of taking the MDCAT further more there are so many problems even with a single student .e.g network problems out of syllabus date differences no idea how to use tab means literally l first time heard in my life that test is going to be held on marque means u people don t have mind that there is no such environment in the marque even though its a new place for us we used to celebrate or enjoy something and u are taking the test there alas l think so Pakistan has shortage of schools hmmm.TAKE THIS TEST AGAIN

Muhammad Ali | 3 years ago | Reply JAZAK ALLAH

Abid Hussain | 3 years ago | Reply They Give those marks which they were out of syllabus. What do they do to those Questions that s wifi was disconnected in test center

Abdulmajeed khan | 3 years ago | Reply Mdcat should b reconsulted it is a lollypop for students

Sidra tul muntaha | 3 years ago | Reply We want justice as pmc was not fair with us and many questions were out of syllabus when I discussed with other students inform me about wrong answers keye even

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