'Equivalence formula unjust, entry test unfair'

LAHORE - A-level students have asked Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif to allocate separate quota of seats for them in medical and dental colleges as current admission policy unfairly favoured the FSc students due to unjust equivalence formula, unfair entry test and absence of quota system.

In their presentation made to the Punjab CM, they have pleaded that majority of A-level students can not get admission in medical colleges due to unfair admission policy.

Highlighting their main concerns about the admission formula, the students have observed: “The equivalent marks given to A-level students are very low which exhibits a sheer unjust attitude towards us. An A-level A-Grade whether at 90 per cent or 99 per cent is lowered down to the value of 85 per cent only, while making equivalence. The equivalence in respect of other grades is also reduced likewise. The highest marks given to an A-level student are 935/1100 by IBCC (Interboard Committee Of Chairman). On the other hand, highest marks of an FSc student can be as high as 1000 and above.”