MDCAT Possible Retake Date Revealed

The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Sukkur has recommended to the Sindh Health Department that the Medical & Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) be scheduled for December 1.

Preparations for the test are underway, with experts recruited to develop a database of questions. Through the provincial advocate general, the health department has submitted a report to the Sindh High Court outlining details of its agreement with IBA Sukkur and the extended deadline for the test.

The Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC) has appointed its Controller of Examinations, Imdad Khushak, as the focal person for the MDCAT, while the health department has designated Deputy Health Secretary Zohaib Hasan Sheikh for the role.

IBA Sukkur has also written to the PMDC, requesting a format change to include four options instead of five in the multiple-choice questions (MCQs), consistent with their standard approach. In the MDCAT held by Dow University of Health Sciences and in other provinces, candidates have been provided with five options per MCQ. In contrast, IBA Sukkur typically provides four options in MCQs for various exams.