PMC Clears The Concerns Regarding The MDCAT Test In Sindh

Dr. Arshad Taqi, President of Pakistan Medical Council, has told the Chairman Admission Committee in Sindh that the additional entry test requirement put in place by the Sindh Government will not apply to all the colleges. In his clarification, he reminded the Provincial Admission Committee that private colleges are not under the jurisdiction of the Sindh Government. He cleared that as the Government of Sindh wants to take an additional entrance test for admissions in Medical and Dental colleges apart from the MDCAT test, the Provincial Admission Committee will not be able to impose this decision on the private colleges that are located in Sindh.

In the letter sent by the President of the Pakistan Medical council to the Chairman of the Provisional Admission Committee in Sindh, he admitted the right of any provincial government in Pakistan to have the absolute authority to create the admission criteria in the Medical and Dental colleges. He also proclaimed that if the Sindh Government is willing, it can take the additional test other than the MDCAT in all public colleges of Sindh. But he also made a point by mentioning the unified policy of all authorities in Pakistan to include the 50% weightage of MDCAT marks in the final merit score for admissions in Medical and Dental colleges.