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The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is planning to limit eligible candidates for the combined medical and dental admission test to be held in September.
A proposal has been sent to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Director General (DG) Khandaker Md Shefaetullah.
Huge number of GPA 5.00 holders in SSC and HSC examinations have forced the authority to rethink the system. He said " It's a challenge to take exams of a huge number of students. We want to allow three students for each seat to sit the test,".
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology has been following this rule for a long time.
It is to be mentioned that each year around 40,000 students sit for the admission test.
GPA Requirement for MBBS and BDS Admission in last year:
:: Most likely the reason of huge attendance of candidates in medical admission test is the low requirement of GPA in SSC and HSC. A candidate was considered eligible for Medical and Dental college admission test if he/she has total GPA 8 (SSC+HSC) with a minimum GPA 3.5 in any of the SSC and HSC exams.
Director General taking test of such a huge number of candidates was a 'challenging' task which is 'unnecessary in the current context'. "Thousands of students get maximum GPA, but we allow students to sit the admission test with average GPA-4 in each exam," he added.
"It's very hard to monitor," he said, "It (medical admission test) becomes a public examination."
Frequently Asked Questions on Medical Admission Test 2012-2012:
Q. What is the new criteria for Medical and Dental college admission test?
:: The DG said once the ministry agreed, they would outline the eligibility criteria of students.
Q. Available seats in Medical and Dental colleges?
:: Medical Colleges: 2,811 seats in 22 government and 4,245 seats in 53 private medical colleges.
:: Dental Colleges: 567 in 9 Public and 870 seats in 14 private dental institutes.
Q. When the Medical Admission test 2012-13 will be taken?
:: Medical Education's Director Shah Abdul Latif told that they planned to take the exams before the Dhaka University admission tests slated for Oct 12. Here it is to be mentioned that last year, the combined medical and dental admission test for both public and private institutions was held on Sep 23 for the first time.
Q. How many students will be able to sit for medical and dental admission test this year?
:: This is still a mystery. DGHS plans to keep the available seat and candidate ratio 1:3.
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Source: bdnews24.com (Rewritten)
