The Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services Regulations and Coordination (NHSRC) took stern notice of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) leak on 22nd September 2024.Â
Officials of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) stated that initially, all universities denied the allegations of the leak. However, after the MDCAT students complained before the Sindh High Court, the court suspended the result announced by Dow University of Health Sciences and constituted a committee comprising members from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), two secretaries, and a nominee of PMDC.
The FIA forensic report revealed that the MDCAT was leaked 13 hours before the scheduled time. Senator Amir Waliuddin Chishti remarked that students who barely passed the matriculation and intermediate examinations had somehow succeeded in getting 197 marks out of 200 in MDCAT.
He directed PMDC to submit a plan for MDCAT before the end of December. He added that future exams should be IT-based to curb the menace of cheating and PMDC should make a ‘Question Bank’ public to resolve the matter of ‘Out of Syllabus’ once and for all.Â
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