Secretary of Higher Education Aneela Mahfooz Durrani, acting upon the directives of the Chief Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), uncovered a cheating scheme during the MDCAT (Medical College Admission Test) examination. The operation resulted in the apprehension of numerous students attempting to use covert Bluetooth devices for cheating.
The Chief Secretary’s instructions alerted Secretary Durrani to the presence of a group attempting to manipulate the entrance test in KP. This group resorted to using hidden Bluetooth devices to transmit answers and extorted large sums of money from students seeking an unfair advantage.
Upon receiving this information, Secretary Durrani informed the Executive Director of the Educational Testing and Evaluation Agency (ETEA) Imtiaz Ayub. In response, Ayub initiated immediate measures to combat the cheating epidemic. Enhanced security checks were implemented at the entrance to examination halls, and during the exam, staff monitored and detected the illicit use of Bluetooth devices by dishonest students.
Secretary Durrani emphasized that maintaining transparency in MDCAT is a top priority, and securing admission to medical colleges should remain a privilege for eligible and deserving students. Those who attempt to undermine the merit-based system will face strict consequences, she warned.
What is remedy now when test is over?
These so-called ‘Messiahs for the ailing humanity’, considered also to be the bright brains, are more often found either cheating like this or protesting on the roads and staging sit-ins for their unreasonable demands. If they work in government hospitals, they would sit in their offices for just 2-3 hours including tea breaks+ snacks and all that. Then they spend most of their time in their private clinics. Even the patients visiting them in government hospitals are urged to visit their private clinics for better treatment. In their private clinics no receipts for the hefty fees they charge are issued, which also means no record for paying income tax. Why the successive governments turn a blind eye to this state of affairs is beyond comprehension. Since the governments are in no mood to increase spending on health, they damn care what is going on. And it will continue like that for ever.
The irony and sorry state of affairs are evident. However we should try to control the urge of stereotyping and ponder over what role we can play in the ikhlaqi tabiyat of our nation. Insistence on rhetorics like government should play their role etc would do nothing as evident from history.
Hope to see futures in better hands.
Regards
A doctor.