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Government Vs Private Medical Colleges in Pakistan

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#1 ·
where do u expect to find the best qualified professors....hence also a best environment for studies......
 
#2 ·
hey chickoos!, everybody has their own opinions and so here is mine,

First of all the proffesors... private med colleges pay more money to the professors and govt colleges pay less.....so therefore because human beings are greedy and proffesors are human beings (some of them at least) they will go to private colleges..

therefore private college should theoretically have better, more qualified proffesors because the competition for proffesorship would be greater at a private college.....


As for the study enviroment, private colleges generally have way more facilities than government colleges and the students there are more from middle to upper class families unlike in govt colleges where you have just abt everyone! hostels are a lot better too if u wana study there.......

The only positive thing govt colleges have is that they really rough you up with all the crap conditions and everything, you are expected to do better always at govt colleges, its like army training........
 
#4 ·
Taimur has nicely laid out some facts that distinguish private from gov. colleges...

In my experience and based on my three hard-working years as a med student ;), i find private colleges to be more rigorous and more picky when it comes to attendance and working hours

We have to maintain a certain attendance or otherwise are prohibited to sit in proffs if that prerequisite is not met
Working hours are 8 hours... yes no slack there

Government colleges, when comes to punctuality, are quite lenient: you go there whenever u feel like it and even when u go, the attending hours won't exceed more than 4

Of course, private colleges come with a extravagant price tag but that is because of the facilities and the faculties that they have to maintain to provide quality education

have a great day!
 
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In my experience and based on my three hard-working years as a med student ;), i find private colleges to be more rigorous and more picky when it comes to attendance and working hours

We have to maintain a certain attendance or otherwise are prohibited to sit in proffs if that prerequisite is not met

Government colleges, when comes to punctuality, are quite lenient: you go there whenever u feel like it and even when u go, the attending hours won't exceed more than 4
I would have to disagree with you about attendance. Attendance, at least at KE, is a big deal. It's the only reason anyone ever gets debarred from the Professional Exam at KE. You have to attend classes 6 days a week for about 6 hours. The minimum required attendance percentage is 75. It doesn't sound too bad but when you consider the fact that teachers might choose not to take attendance a couple of days, that you might feel sick/be unable to come to class a few days out of the year, and that your attendance might be missed because the teacher accidently doesn't hear you or isn't paying attention, even attending college every single day of the year gets you only to around 80-85%.
 
#7 ·
I would say that here in pakistan, money is a big issue and there is a huge difference of the tution fee between the private and govt medical colleges, so almost no one goes to private medical college by choice (except AKU). So govt medical colleges have definitely way better students than private colleges, which does create a competetion among students. Although the level of teaching may be better at private colleges (which I am not sure) the level of competetiveness is higher among govt medical college students which urge them to study more and more.
 
#8 ·
Shifa requires 100% attendance for rotations, and 75% for lectures. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Shifa's the only college where the professors actually base your professional/term vivas off the attendance sheet itself, which they'll be holding in their hand at the time. They never miss a chance to stick it to you when it comes to attendance.
 
#9 ·
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Shifa's the only college where the professors actually base your professional/term vivas off the attendance sheet itself, which they'll be holding in their hand at the time. They never miss a chance to stick it to you when it comes to attendance.
I know that at KE the professors who take your Professional vivas have biodata sheets that show your attendance percentage for lectures and practicals. I don't think they base their viva questions solely upon that percentage though.

So govt medical colleges have definitely way better students than private colleges, which does create a competetion among students. Although the level of teaching may be better at private colleges (which I am not sure) the level of competetiveness is higher among govt medical college students which urge them to study more and more.
I don't know if the students at government colleges are "better," but there definitely is a greater degree of competition among them especially at the government colleges considered to be the best.
 
#10 ·
best experiences are gained when u get here everyone delas with it on theire own way some people better or worse than other but in General Govermental med collages are better study wise you have more experience by seeing more dead bodies to disect unlike private medical colage where 90 ppl get one body so pros and cons are afferent and everyone has a choice!
 
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