{"id":49479,"date":"2024-09-23T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T06:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=49479"},"modified":"2024-09-23T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T06:18:15","slug":"mdcat-2024-scandal-quetta-cheating-ring-exposed-several-students-detained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/mdcat-2024-scandal-quetta-cheating-ring-exposed-several-students-detained\/","title":{"rendered":"MDCAT 2024 scandal: Quetta cheating ring exposed, several students detained"},"content":{"rendered":"

QUETTA: A cheating ring was busted in Quetta during the Medical College Admission Test (MDCAT 2024)<\/a> after authorities received an intelligence tip-off from federal agencies.<\/p>\n

The ring allegedly involved two facilitators, including a retired official from the Federal Public Service Commission<\/a> in Islamabad, who helped 50 students cheat using Bluetooth devices.<\/a><\/p>\n

These devices were sold to the students for 100,000 rupees each. Most of the arrested candidates were from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with many registering in Quetta specifically for this purpose.<\/p>\n

The facilitators operating locally in Quetta were also apprehended. Further investigations into the cheating network are ongoing.<\/p>\n

Moreover, this incident is part of a larger scandal surrounding the MDCAT in Pakistan. Reports of mismanagement emerged from Karachi and other parts of Sindh, prompting Dr. Sarosh Lodhi, Shaikh-ul-Jamia of NED University, to clarify that the institution is not responsible for the maladministration observed during the test.<\/p>\n

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC)<\/a> manages the test’s administration, security, and conduct.<\/p>\n

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, an additional 134 candidates were identified as suspected cheaters, bringing the total to 219 candidates caught using secret Bluetooth devices.<\/p>\n

The provincial cabinet decided to re-conduct the MDCAT within a six-week timeframe, sparking protests from students and parents who passed the initial test.<\/p>\n

Following the cheating scandal in the Medical College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2024, authorities took swift action.<\/p>\n

Approximately 3,200 candidates who initially passed the test had their papers rechecked due to suspicions of cheating.<\/p>\n

To investigate the matter further, Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) were formed in Karachi, Lahore, and Punjab.<\/p>\n

It’s worth noting that the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has the authority to cancel the test if deemed necessary.<\/p>\n

The PMDC has been working to ensure the integrity of the MDCAT exam, with measures in place to prevent cheating and ensure smooth conduct.<\/p>\n

The council successfully conducted the MDCAT exam in 2023, with nearly 187,000 students appearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

QUETTA: A cheating ring was busted in Quetta during the Medical College Admission Test (MDCAT 2024) after authorities received an intelligence tip-off from federal agencies. The ring allegedly involved two facilitators, including a retired official from the Federal Public Service Commission in Islamabad, who helped 50 students cheat using Bluetooth devices. These devices were sold […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":49087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[19334,22116,22115,22114,17648,22117],"class_list":["post-49479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-federal-public-service-commission","tag-joint-investigation-teams-jits","tag-mdcat-cheating-case","tag-medical-college-admission-test-mdcat-2024","tag-pakistan-medical-and-dental-council-pmdc","tag-shaikh-ul-jamia-of-ned-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49484,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49479\/revisions\/49484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}