The Punjab government has raised fees at public medical and dental colleges by more than 300 percent, according to sources. Tuition has reportedly gone up from Rs15,000 to Rs50,000. The figures come from unnamed sources, and the material available does not include an official notification or a statement from the government setting out the new amounts.
What the reported change covers
The increase applies to students already studying at public medical and dental colleges in the province. These are government-run institutions where students train to become doctors and dentists. The sources do not say whether the Rs50,000 figure is charged per year or per semester, or whether it applies only to new admissions.
The percentage needs a closer look. Moving from Rs15,000 to Rs50,000 is an increase of about 233 percent, while the new amount is roughly 3.3 times the old one. The sources describe the rise as over 300 percent, so the percentage and the two amounts do not line up in a simple way, and the sources do not explain the gap.
Students and parents respond
According to sources, the steep rise has made medical education harder to reach for poor and middle-class students who win admission on merit. Students and parents have demanded that the government withdraw the decision. The sources do not mention any government reply to these demands.
What happens next
The material available does not say whether the government will review, delay or reverse the fee change, or when any official clarification might come. Readers should treat the new amounts as reported rather than confirmed until an official notice is issued.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Punjab ke sarkari medical aur dental colleges mein fees barhne ki khabar hai, aur sources ke mutabiq tuition Rs15,000 se barh kar Rs50,000 ho gayi hai. Yeh izafa gharib aur mid-class students ke liye medical parhna mushkil bana sakta hai. Students aur walidain ne hukumat se yeh faisla wapas lene ka mutalba kiya hai. Abhi tak sarkari tor par naya notification saamne nahi aaya, is liye yeh maloomat tasdeeq shuda nahi hai.
