pmc to give grace marksto mdcat candidates

  • Grace points will be awarded for incorrect and obviously incorrect questions.
  • The commission gives the test-taking universities' vice chancellors guidelines.
  • PMC will publish the findings in a week.

KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) on Tuesday agreed to grant grace marks to applicants who took the Medical and Dental College Admission Test after errors were found (MDCAT).

According to Dr. Noshad Ahmad Shaikh, the head of the Pakistan Medical Commission, candidate objections were examined at a meeting of the PMC, where it was decided to award grace marks for incorrect as well as incorrectly answered questions.

Vice chancellors of all the participating universities have received the orders from the PMC.

In a week, the commission will make the full MDCAT findings public.

The PMC said that more than 0.204 million applicants took the MDCAT exam the day before at federal and provincial public colleges.

Dr. Noshad reports that 204,253 young people took the test, including 203,791 in locations around the nation and 461 in locations in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

For admission to medical institutions, the paper-based MDCAT has a minimum passing score of 65, while for entrance to dentistry