did any hear aboutt foreginers ritingg an entrry test caz i jus came across as articlee...#confused
Separate entry tests for overseas Pakistanis
By ASIF CHAUDHRY submitted 20 hours 7 minutes ago
LAHORE - University of Health Sciences will hold separate entry tests in the first week of October, 2008 for the overseas Pakistanis, foreigners and students of other provinces for admission in medical and dental colleges. It is for the first time that a separate exam is being arranged for the outsiders.
This entry test will be conducted by UHS, which is to conduct all the entry tests. Before that King Edward Medical Administration used to conduct the entry test in which there was no provision of participation of foreign students or Pakistani students living abroad. The Pakistani expatriates who wanted to join the medical profession back home have been pressing the govt to allow them to take part in the entry test.
Meanwhile, UHS announced the date September 14, 2008 for the entry test for the students from Punjab, which is too limited a time for the overseas students to complete their preparation. Hence, UHC fixed first week of October for the overseas’ students.
It is pertinent to mention here that UHS was allowed to conduct entry test when the chief minister had made announcement in this regard few weeks ago. The management of UHS, however, gave no sufficient time period to the students studying abroad or overseas Pakistanis and announced September 14 of the current month for the entry test.
An official at University of Health Sciences told this scribe that as many as 1,000 overseas Pakistani students, studying abroad and belonging to the other provinces of the country will appear in the entry test being conducted in the month of October this year. The management of UHS was under immense pressure from the students and their families to make arrangements for separate entry test, as they could not appear in the September 14 entry test.
A source in the Punjab health department said the number of students appearing in the entry test was many times higher than the number of seats available in the private as well as public sector medical colleges. “Around 18,000 students have applied from all across the province for the entry test being conducted by UHS on September 14, 2008” the source said adding that out of these 6,500 students are from Lahore.
He disclosed that against the said number of students, there are only 2,156 seats available in the public while 800 in private medical colleges which means there is a large number of students who had no option other than to join any other professions.
He further revealed that no less than 90 per cent students usually qualify the entry test but many of them were forced every year to take up other profession after failure to get medical colleges.
A female student who had applied for the entry test said the Punjab government should direct all the private and public medical colleges to start evening classes to accommodate the affected students who qualify entry test.
It is pertinent to mention here that UHS has established centers at different cities of the province to facilitate the students at their doorsteps for the entry test. These centers are situated at Sheikh Zayed School, near Canal Rest House, Rahim Yar Khan, Ghulam Muhammad Ghotvi Hall, Abbasia Campus, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Examination Halls, BISE, Main Muzaffargarh Road, DG Khan, BZU, College of Engineering, Bosan Road, Multan, Examination Halls, BISE, Lahore, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, University of Agriculture, Jail Road, Faisalabad, University of Sargodha, University Road Sargodha, Govt Boys Degree College, Fareed Town Road, Sahiwal, Govt Boys Degree College, Fareed Town Road, Sahiwal, Punjab University Campus, Gujranwala, near Ali Pur Chowk, Rawalpindi Bypass, University of Gujrat, Jalal Pur Jatan Road, Gujrat, Siddique Public School, 6th Road Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, and Mashal Girls Degree College, Quaid Avenue, Wah Cantt