Private medical colleges admissions begin
Govt constitutes admission’s committee for the public sector medical colleges including some legal advisors.
LAHORE:
Private medical colleges of the city have started accepting applications for admissions. According to the Health Department data, around 15 private medical colleges in the province are allowed to admit 1,400 MBBS and 400 BDS candidates annually.
On the other hand, the government has yet to come up with an admissions plan in the public sector. Officials from the Punjab government told The Express Tribune that the government has constituted an admission’s committee for the public sector medical colleges including some legal advisors. The officials said that the government would take some more time to prepare its case for an appeal before the Supreme Court against the Lahore High Court decision on eligibility for admission to medical colleges and the rules and regulations set by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC).
PMDC Registrar Dr Nadeem said that public medical colleges in other provinces had started their admission process. He said that PMDC would soon issue directions to the Punjab government in this regard. “If we look at the results of the National Examination Board, the percentage of medical graduates from abroad who passed the exam is very disappointing” he added. He said that the PMDC was trying to give equal opportunity to all candidates applying for admission.
He said that the PMDC would not approve an admission’s process in the public sector after October 31. However, no private medical college would be allowed to finalise admissions or demand fees till that date.
“I scored very low marks on the entry test conducted by the University of Health Sciences, but a private medical college has offered me a seat in MBBS” said Malik Shehryar, who was visiting a private medical college to obtain the prospectus. He said that his marks in FSc were quite low as well, but he had managed to buy an MBBS seat in this college. One of the professors at the King Edward Medical University told The Express Tribune that after the UHS’s decision to abolish a cut-off score, the merit for private medical colleges might drop further. In the public medical colleges, he said, it would stay above 80 per cent.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 17th, 2010.
Private medical colleges of the city have started accepting applications for admissions. According to the Health Department data, around 15 private medical colleges in the province are allowed to admit 1,400 MBBS and 400 BDS candidates annually.
On the other hand, the government has yet to come up with an admissions plan in the public sector. Officials from the Punjab government told The Express Tribune that the government has constituted an admission’s committee for the public sector medical colleges including some legal advisors. The officials said that the government would take some more time to prepare its case for an appeal before the Supreme Court against the Lahore High Court decision on eligibility for admission to medical colleges and the rules and regulations set by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC).
PMDC Registrar Dr Nadeem said that public medical colleges in other provinces had started their admission process. He said that PMDC would soon issue directions to the Punjab government in this regard. “If we look at the results of the National Examination Board, the percentage of medical graduates from abroad who passed the exam is very disappointing” he added. He said that the PMDC was trying to give equal opportunity to all candidates applying for admission.
He said that the PMDC would not approve an admission’s process in the public sector after October 31. However, no private medical college would be allowed to finalise admissions or demand fees till that date.
“I scored very low marks on the entry test conducted by the University of Health Sciences, but a private medical college has offered me a seat in MBBS” said Malik Shehryar, who was visiting a private medical college to obtain the prospectus. He said that his marks in FSc were quite low as well, but he had managed to buy an MBBS seat in this college. One of the professors at the King Edward Medical University told The Express Tribune that after the UHS’s decision to abolish a cut-off score, the merit for private medical colleges might drop further. In the public medical colleges, he said, it would stay above 80 per cent.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 17th, 2010.