MDCAT result validity: health ministry told to set three years
A National Assembly panel has asked the health ministry to extend MDCAT result validity to three years, and wants a two-year inspection report on private medical colleges.
NA Standing Committee on National Health Services chairman Dr. Mahesh Kumar Malani directed the health minister to implement a policy making MDCAT scores effective for three years.
The directive came at a meeting attended by Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal, PMDC representatives and private university vice-chancellors.
The chairman asked for a two-year inspection report on private medical colleges and questioned what legal action had been taken against non-compliant institutions.
The minister told the panel that 35 medical colleges were allowed annual tuition of Rs1.8 million to Rs2.1 million.
A proposal to give candidates a questionnaire in the next MDCAT was directed for implementation.