Only 53 students get admission in medical colleges

Last year only one A level student could get admission in the premier educational institution King Edward Medical University on open merit. Four A level students managed to get admission on self finance basis. Five students got admission in Allama Iqbal Medical College on open merit while three got admission through self-finance scheme. In Fatima Jinnah Medical college one student got admission on open merit while one got admission through self-finance. The same was the number at Nishtar Medical College.

The best and the brightest students of this country, many of whom have achieved distinctions and high grades after competing with students from across the world face the situation wherein they may not be able to further study in their own country. The discriminatory policy of IBCC is making the students and their parents run from pillar to post but to no avail. Some have sent appeals to the head of state, the chief minister of Punjab while some have challenged the IBCC policy in the court of law. Private educational institutions that educate O and A level students for different UK examination boards have deplored the situation and urged the IBCC to review the process of equivalence. It is not that everyone is indifferent to the situation. The new chairman of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Prof Dr Muhammad Akram Kashmiri has shown concern over the issue and announced that he would be holding a conference of renowned educationists to address this issue.