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PMDC overseas students criteria | Medical students protest
PMDC criteria for overseas students
Lahore, April 02, 2008: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council has introduced a
new criterion for overseas students desirous of getting admission to medical and
dental education institutions in Pakistan.
The new criterion will be
applicable from the academic session 2008.
Officials said on Tuesday
that now the eligibility criteria for overseas candidates with qualification
other than those from any board of intermediate and secondary education in
Pakistan would be as: "Out of three science subjects, biology and chemistry are
compulsory while the third science subject could be either physics or
mathematics. Candidates need to submit SAT-II examination score with minimum 700
marks in each subject – chemistry, biology and physics or mathematics. Besides,
valid TOFEL or IELT with a score of 500 or 5.5 is a must."
They said the
need to change the existing Intermediate Board of Chairman Committee (IBCC)
criterion was felt after complaints that A-Level students suffered the most in
the system.
They said that PMDC had asked Prof Masood Hameed Khan and
Prof Majeed Choudhry to prepare a draft in this regard. The professors, after
studying the education system for higher secondary education certificate in
different countries, proposed this criterion which was subsequently approved by
the council.
Meanwhile, the PMDC in its last meeting in Islamabad had
considered various proposals from the faculty members regarding changes in the
MBBS curriculum pertaining to examination of (Gynae & Obs and Pathology) in
the fourth year while examination of ENT & Eye in the final year.
The
PMDC took due cognizance of the fact that the council and the Higher Education
Commission had jointly introduced the MBBS curriculum. The council observed that
the new curriculum would be a binding on all medical institutions of the country
and to maintain uniformity no deviation was acceptable from the Chapter III of
the approved MBBS curriculum 'scheme of studies', which clearly defined subjects
to be examined in each professional year."
The executive committee of the
council had recommended that to stay with the modern developments in the field
of medicine and to cater to international and national needs of the students,
the methodology of teaching, training and evaluation should regularly be
reviewed.
The council asked the curriculum committee to put up its
recommendations regarding the scheme of studies so that a uniform system was
followed and implemented across the board. The council also directed that
reminders should be issued to all universities of the country in this regard as
that any aberration was corrected and brought in line with the national policy
in vogue as enunciated by the PMDC and HEC in the MBBS
curriculum.-Zulqernain Tahir (Dawn)
Medical students protest outside KPC
Karachi: Over 30 girl students of first-year MBBS of a private medical
college in Clifton on Tuesday held a demonstration outside the Karachi Press
Club (KPC), urging the University of Karachi (KU) administration to grant them
grace marks.
They carried banners that said 'we want grace marks'. They
said that around 75 girls took part in first-year MBBS, Part-A, but
only 25 of them passed the examination. They said that most of them failed by
one to 10 marks. They said their medical college located in Boat Basin got
affiliated with the University of Karachi (KU) around two years ago.
The
students claimed that last year, the university granted up to 20 grace marks.
They wondered why they had been subjected to this 'discriminatory' attitude this
year.
Moreover, they said that on Monday they held a demonstration
outside the Governor House and handed over their application to the Governor's
spokesman, seeking his attention towards their problem. They have also sent an
application to the KU Vice Chancellor, Professor Pirzada Qasim but so far, they
have not received any response.
Meanwhile, the last date for the
submission of forms for the supplementary examination is this week but some of
the students said that they will continue the protest instead of filling out the
forms. The News
Your Comments
"iam a student studying in riyadh and here SAT-II is equivalent to 12th grade we study sat-I and SAT-II for 2 years as 11th and 12th grade but in pakistan it is not equivalent can anyone please help me and tell me how can i get it equalised to 12th grade??? thankyou"
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