New admissions policy: 50:50 ratio for men and women in medical colleges says PMDC
|The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s (PMDC) new admission policy, based on the gender-parity quota, has confused the medical universities in the midst of the admission process.
The policy is also said to be in violation of a Supreme Court judgment, which ordered merit-based admissions. The PMDC’s September 18 letter, addressed to the health secretaries of the four provinces and the federal government, has notified that a 50 per cent quota must be followed for each of the genders. All medical colleges and universities in the public and private sectors have been asked to comply with the directives in their 2014-2015 admissions.
“The council … has considered the growing trend of females in the medical education and their decreasing sustainability in the medical field,” reads the letter, a copy of which is available with The Express Tribune. “The number of seats for male and female students should be 50 per cent each.”
However, the policy seems to have not gone down well with the universities, such as Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS), which received the letter on Thursday. The university has already announced admissions and the process of submitting admission forms will be completed by September 30. The entry test is scheduled for October 19. “The decision to this effect was taken at the council’s meeting in February but we were intimated about it today [Thursday],” said vice-chancellor Dr Noshad Shaikh, referring to the 137th meeting of the PMDC, which was held on February 4 this year.
He complained about the PMDC’s lack of coordination with the provincial and federal governments, also citing the council’s bad governance. “They have issued these directives when the admissions are already underway. The timing is wrong. And then, we have been asked to implement it from this very session.”
He told The Express Tribune that the university will not take any decision individually as they will wait for the Sindh government’s directives. Meanwhile, LUMHS will continue its existing admissions policy, he added. He also sought a policy review from the PMDC.
The university offers 375 seats, including 263 on merit for the 12 districts of Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas divisions and Benazirabad district, according to deputy registrar Dr Saroop Bhatia.
Meanwhile, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) in Karachi has yet to receive this notification. The institution has not received the PMDC letter to allocate 50 per cent of the admission seats each for the males and females, said DUHS pro-vice-chancellor Dr Muhammad Umar Farooq, adding that he cannot comment on the matter.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 27th, 2014.
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admin! please tell ka quota system ka again kia issues han? kia merit lists final ni hn?
اپنے حق کیلئے Male Students لاہور ہائیکورٹ اور سپریم کورٹ میں کوٹہ سسٹم کے حق میں پٹیشنز دائر کریں! ملک میں ڈاکٹروں کی کمی پوری کرنے کیلئے ملک کے تمام میڈیکل کالجز میں لڑکیوں اور لڑکوں کیلئے پچاس پچاس فیصد کوٹہ رکھنے کے پی ایم ڈی سی کے فیصلے کی حمایت وقت کی اہم ضرورت ہے ۔ اگر کوئی شخص یہ کہتا ہے کہ کوٹہ سسٹم نافذ کرنا بنیادی حقوق کی خلاف ورزی اور لڑکیوں کے ساتھ ناانصافی ہے تو ان کو یہ بات مدنظر رکھنی چاہئے کہ ملک کے سرکاری اداروں میں خواتین کو کوٹہ سسٹم کے تحت ملازمتیں فراہم کی جاتی ہیں اور یہاں تک کہ قومی اسمبلی میں بھی خواتین کی نشستوں کا کوٹہ رکھا گیا ہے اور وہاں خواتین بغیر الیکشن لڑے قومی اسمبلی میں آجاتی ہیں۔ اگر میڈیکل کے شعبے میں کوٹہ سسٹم نافذ کرنا بڑی ناانصافی ہے تو ملازمتوں اور قومی اسمبلی میں خواتین کیلئے کوٹہ رکھنا بھی بہت بڑی ناانصافی ہے۔ اگر اوپن میرٹ میرٹ رکھنا ہے تو ہر شعبے میںرکھا جائے، خواتین کی ملازمتوں کا بھی کوٹہ سسٹم ختم کیا جائے اور قومی اسمبلی میں بھی خواتین کی نشستوں کا کوئٹہ سسٹم ختم کیا جائے۔ پنجاب میں انٹری ٹیسٹ دینے والے تمام طلباءسے گذارش ہے کہ وہ لاہور ہائیکورٹ میں یہ پٹیشن دائر کریں کہ اگر ملک کو میرٹ کو یقینی بنانا ہے تو ہر شعبے میں اوپن میرٹ سسٹم متعارف کروائیں بصورت دیگر میڈیکل کالجز میں کوٹہ سسٹم کے حق میں فیصلہ دیا جائے
good statement
guyz its a time to do whats best for this profession….we should go to supreme court for this qouta policy….this man is saying the right report about it
expected merit kiyaa hai aur mera 86.9 admission ho sktaa? 50 50 pka na next year c ?
Mein govt medical clg me umeed rkhn…. Hmmmmmmm:/
Kia 50 50 ka rule us saal c implement ho ga???? Mera aggregate 87.2 h aur me larki hn.plz plz plz bta dein mein bht he ziadaaaaaaa wale pareshan hn:(
no 50 50 rule next year se ho ga