{"id":62958,"date":"2025-01-19T14:29:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T09:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=62958"},"modified":"2025-01-19T14:29:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T09:29:32","slug":"punjab-govt-increases-quota-for-ict-students-in-medical-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/punjab-govt-increases-quota-for-ict-students-in-medical-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt increases quota for ICT students in medical colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: In a recent educational development, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council<\/a> (<\/span>PM&DC) <\/span>has made a recommendation<\/span> to <\/span>the <\/span>Punjab government<\/span>,<\/span> to <\/span>substantially<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>enhanced\u00a0<\/span>the quota of\u00a0 Islamabad <\/span>ICT<\/span>-domiciled students in\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0public sector medical and dental colleges\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Punjab while taking admission to\u00a0<\/span>the academic year 2024-25.<\/span><\/p>\n

It<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>amongst<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>most<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>important<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>demands<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>students\u00a0<\/span>of ICT\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>commitment to fairness and inclusion in medical education. The issue of\u00a0<\/span>admissions to\u00a0<\/span>ICT students<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>drew<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>limelight<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>when<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>cut<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>the number of\u00a0<\/span>allocated seats was announced<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>students\u00a0<\/span>started\u00a0<\/span>approaching the\u00a0<\/span>President\u00a0<\/span>PM&DC\u00a0<\/span>en<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>masse<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Thereupon<\/span>, the Punjab government reviewed an increase in the quota seats for ICT-domiciled students, and after a\u00a0<\/span>due<\/span>\u00a0review and\u00a0<\/span>consultations<\/span> with the Ministry of National Health Services<\/a>, the Standing Committee on Health, and all stakeholders, <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>increased\u00a0<\/span>the quota\u00a0<\/span>from three to 30 seats.<\/p>\n

<\/span>While, the\u00a0<\/span>President PM&DC, Prof. Dr. Rizwan Taj<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span>increase in the quota seats has manifested equal opportunity to\u00a0 <\/span>get<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>admission<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>educational<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>institution<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>proof<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>prioritizing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>students’<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>welfare,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>stating<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>more<\/span>\u00a0quota for\u00a0<\/span>students of\u00a0<\/span>ICT\u00a0<\/span>translates<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>working<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>out<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0a more inclusive and balanced approach\u00a0<\/span>towards<\/span> medical education in the best interest of the whole nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0This <\/span>rise<\/span>\u00a0has\u00a0<\/span>been<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>realized<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>necessary<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>account<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>rapid\u00a0<\/span>rise<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>population\u00a0<\/span>during<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the past few years. <\/span>The PM&DC\u00a0 <\/span>acknowledges<\/span> active<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>consideration of all stakeholders including<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the Ministry of Health and\u00a0<\/span>Standing Committee on health for\u00a0bringing this issue to resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

The council\u00a0<\/span>ensured<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>continue<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>working<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>admission policies\u00a0<\/span>across provinces and hopes will bring <\/span>about<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>equality<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>education<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: In a recent educational development, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has made a recommendation to the Punjab government, to substantially\u00a0enhanced\u00a0the quota of\u00a0 Islamabad ICT-domiciled students in\u00a0the\u00a0public sector medical and dental colleges\u00a0of\u00a0Punjab while taking admission to\u00a0the academic year 2024-25. It\u00a0was\u00a0amongst\u00a0the\u00a0most\u00a0important\u00a0demands\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0students\u00a0of ICT\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0commitment to fairness and inclusion in medical education. The issue of\u00a0admissions to\u00a0ICT students\u00a0drew\u00a0the\u00a0limelight\u00a0when\u00a0a\u00a0cut\u00a0in\u00a0the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":62959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[9990,25894,25895],"class_list":["post-62958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-pmdc","tag-ict-students-quota-in-punjab","tag-medical-college-admission-quota"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62958","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=62958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62960,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62958\/revisions\/62960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}