Medical colleges: Entry test held without a hitch
UHS, govt officials show satisfaction over arrangements.
LAHORE:
“Entry tests went as planned at all centres and nothing unpleasant happened anywhere,” Prof Malik Hussain Mubashar, the University of Health Sciences (UHS) vice chancellor (VC) said on Tuesday.
He showed satisfaction over the arrangements of the entry test examinations for medical colleges held at 21 centres across the Punjab on Tuesday.
Prof Mubashar said the admissions will be on merit. He mentioned that the chief minster had also expressed his satisfaction with the procedures adopted by the UHS.
“The marks obtained by candidates examined by various education boards are not a uniform measure of their abilities. It is therefore important to let all of them take the same test.
This ensures justice, equity, merit and transparency is in place”, he said.
As many as 33,694 candidates (10,859 male and 22,835 female) appeared for the test in 12 cities of the province. The centres were set up in Lahore, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Gujrat, Gujranwala Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Multan, DG Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Rawalpindi and Hassan Abdal.
The centres were monitored by CCTV cameras and secured with mobile phone jammers. Separate arrangements were set up for disabled students, vehicle parking and waiting area for those accompanying the candidates. Back-up power generators were also provided at all centres. In Lahore, Commissioner Jawwad Rafiq Malik and DCO Ahad Cheema visited the examination centres.
Candidates, The Express Tribune talked to, also expressed satisfaction with the arrangement.
“The arrangements were much better than what I had heard from my friends who took the test last year,” Quratul Ain, a candidate at the Lawrence Road centre, said. Ahsan Mujtaba, who took the test at the Wahdat Road centre, said that the supervisors were friendly.
Kiran Afzal, a dengue fever patient also taking the test at the Wahdat Road had to leave half way, when her condition deteriorated.
She was taken to a hospital in an ambulance.
As many as 3,205 candidates will be admitted to MBBS programme and 216 to BDS in 15 public colleges and three dental colleges respectively. Another 2,200 seats are available in the private institutions.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 14th, 2011.
“Entry tests went as planned at all centres and nothing unpleasant happened anywhere,” Prof Malik Hussain Mubashar, the University of Health Sciences (UHS) vice chancellor (VC) said on Tuesday.
He showed satisfaction over the arrangements of the entry test examinations for medical colleges held at 21 centres across the Punjab on Tuesday.
Prof Mubashar said the admissions will be on merit. He mentioned that the chief minster had also expressed his satisfaction with the procedures adopted by the UHS.
“The marks obtained by candidates examined by various education boards are not a uniform measure of their abilities. It is therefore important to let all of them take the same test.
This ensures justice, equity, merit and transparency is in place”, he said.
As many as 33,694 candidates (10,859 male and 22,835 female) appeared for the test in 12 cities of the province. The centres were set up in Lahore, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Gujrat, Gujranwala Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Multan, DG Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Rawalpindi and Hassan Abdal.
The centres were monitored by CCTV cameras and secured with mobile phone jammers. Separate arrangements were set up for disabled students, vehicle parking and waiting area for those accompanying the candidates. Back-up power generators were also provided at all centres. In Lahore, Commissioner Jawwad Rafiq Malik and DCO Ahad Cheema visited the examination centres.
Candidates, The Express Tribune talked to, also expressed satisfaction with the arrangement.
“The arrangements were much better than what I had heard from my friends who took the test last year,” Quratul Ain, a candidate at the Lawrence Road centre, said. Ahsan Mujtaba, who took the test at the Wahdat Road centre, said that the supervisors were friendly.
Kiran Afzal, a dengue fever patient also taking the test at the Wahdat Road had to leave half way, when her condition deteriorated.
She was taken to a hospital in an ambulance.
As many as 3,205 candidates will be admitted to MBBS programme and 216 to BDS in 15 public colleges and three dental colleges respectively. Another 2,200 seats are available in the private institutions.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 14th, 2011.