ISLAMABAD, Oct 05 (APP):Medical and Dental Council of Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has directed the National Medical Authority (NMA) to initiate the comprehensive MDCAT post-exam analysis, considering in detail the grievances of students.
According to official sources, Quaid-e-Azam University has been given task for post-exam analysis being the premier higher education institution to ensure the satisfaction of all students.
The council while directing the authority to engage Quaid-e-Azam University to conduct the post-exam analysis instructed the analysis to be concluded during the week with the final result of the MDCAT to be announced by October 9, 2021.
The President, PMC and Vice-Chancellor Quaid-e-Azam University will jointly review the post-exam analysis report for its approval prior to the final result being compiled.
The council advised that during the post-exam analysis all questions which are found to be vague, ambiguous or even slightly out of the PMC MDCAT syllabus be removed and students attempting such questions be given a corresponding score for the removed questions.
The council also directed that if the answer key of any question was found to be incorrect or where more than one answer to a question could be accepted as correct.
The answer keys are to be corrected by the post-exam analysis team so that students who have given the correct answer receive the appropriate benefit when compiling the final result.
Students have been asked to be patient and await the final results at which time the commission believes all their concerns would have been addressed.
The council assured that all steps are taken to produce a verifiable and correct result that would withstand scrutiny, they said.
The council reiterated that as per international standards the question bank was created by experts from all over Pakistan and then reviewed for quality and difficulty levels by two separate sets of experts without any interference by the authority, academic board, or the council to maintain the integrity of the question bank.
The post-exam analysis is part of an examination process and through which the exam itself is scrutinized at the highest level to ensure a fair result and outcome, the sources added.
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