Sindh government to retake medical college admission test

Karachi: As a result of the leaked entry test hold by National Testing Service (NTS) in October, the government of Sindh has decided to conduct pre-admission tests for all the public sector colleges as well as universities across the province under Higher Education Commission (HEC).

An investigation was launched after a questionnaire of the pre-admission test for medical colleges in Sindh was leaked on October 21^st, 2017 a day before the exams, allegedly along with the support of the staff of National Testing Services.  

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On Tuesday, the government of Sindh issued a notification stating that the candidates who appeared in the October 22nd test will not be charged any additional fee for a new entry test for the admission in medical colleges.

Approximately 21 thousands aspirants from Sindh are expected to give the test prepared by Dow University of Health Sciences.

In spite of the protests as well as demands by the aspirants of accepting the results in a bid to avoid prolonging the procedure of admission, the government of Sindh had canceled the results, ordering to take the exam again within next 15 days on December 11^th, 2017.

The decision was taken on commendation of a 5-member committee set up by the chief minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah to inspect the allegations of misdeeds in the test.

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The Sindh High Court had also issued notices to the chairman of National Testing Services, higher education commission as well as the provincial health authorities in this regard in the beginning of this month.