PMC Freezes Interim Result of MDCAT

PMC has decided to freeze the interim result of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) till the completion of a self-governing third-party post-exam analysis as per international standards.

Taking to Twitter, the PMC declared that post-exam analysis of MDCAT is presently in progress and the facility to review and download the interim MDCAT result will remain incapacitated till the completion of the post-exam analysis.

Upon completion of the post-exam analysis, the final MDCAT result will be declared on 9 October. Candidates who appeared in MDCAT 2021 exam will only receive the final result.

Earlier today, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health, Dr. Faisal Sultan, revealed that Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) will conduct the post-exam analysis on a scientific basis to conduct a translucent inquiry of the MDCAT to address the concerns of all candidates.

He added that candidates who attempted out-of-syllabus and vague questions in the MDCAT will receive marks for them.

The PMC has taken the decision to task QAU with the post-exam analysis of MDCAT because of the nationwide protests that took place after the supposition of the month-long exam.

This year’s MDCAT was held by SOAR Testing and Evaluation Platform Limited, which was awarded the contract by the PMC in an extremely contentious manner.

Notwithstanding, the PMC spent more than Rs. 115 million to SOAR to conduct the computer-based MDCAT of nearly 200,000 candidates.

However, the way in which SOAR conducted the MDCAT has generated a controversy that refuses to die down.

Candidates who appeared in the MDCAT revealed that SOAR provided defective computers with poor internet services. They alleged that the MDCAT exam contained out-of-syllabus and vague questions.

They also disparaged SOAR for conducting the MDCAT from 30 August to 30 September, adding that the practice gave an unfair advantage to some students who had more time to revise than others.

Candidates have been doing their best to force PMC to retake the MDCAT on a single day citing examples of India where the MDCAT of 1.8 million students was held on a single day.