PESHAWAR:The Government of Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar High Court and PMDC have given the task to Khyber Medical University of reconducting the MDCAT examination which will be held on November 26 (Sunday) in two cities of the province.
All arrangements have been completed for the entrance test for admission to the public and private medical and dental colleges of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, simultaneously, said the spokesman on Tuesday.
Necessary help has been taken from the Police, FIA, Intelligence Bureau and other security agencies for the transparent conduction of the examination.
VC Professor Dr. Zia Ul Haq said that a total of 46,439 candidates have registered to participate in the test in which the registration of 219 has been blacklisted for using of unfair means in the ETEA test.
Parents are advised to avoid any illegal approach and do not ruin the future of their children. He said that full arrangements have been made for the fair and transparent conduct of the test. Details instructions will be issued soon.
He said that walk-through gates, signal jammers and metal detectors would be installed at the entry points of all the centres and a full body search of the candidates would be done.
He further said that a zero-tolerance policy will be followed for any unfair means including carrying mobile phones and other electronic devices to the hall and all arrangements have been made for this purpose.
Prof Dr. Zia warned that any candidate caught with any electronic accessories or any unfair means in the examination hall would be handed over to the police.
He added that an FIR would be lodged against them, paper would be automatically cancelled, and their accessories would be confiscated and will be banned from future tests.