{"id":69285,"date":"2025-03-28T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=69285"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:04:09","slug":"pmdc-fixes-annual-fee-for-medical-and-dental-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/pmdc-fixes-annual-fee-for-medical-and-dental-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"PMDC fixes annual fee for medical and dental colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A special committee on medical education, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">headed<\/span> by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/dg-fia-ahmed-ishaq-removed-from-his-post\/\">Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar<\/a>, has introduced new regulations <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> cap tuition fees <span class=\"diff-highlight\">for<\/span> private medical and dental colleges <span class=\"diff-highlight\">on<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">an<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">annual<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">basis<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The fee cap ranges from Rs1.8 million <span class=\"diff-highlight\">up<\/span> to Rs2.5 <span class=\"diff-highlight\">million<\/span> per year, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">which<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">will<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">prohibit<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">colleges<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">raising<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">tuition<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">fees<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">excessive<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">levels<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">institutions<\/span> currently charging less than the specified <span class=\"diff-highlight\">fee<\/span> range will maintain their <span class=\"diff-highlight\">current<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">annual<\/span> fees <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">will<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">only<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">be<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">given<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">nominal<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">cost<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">living<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">raise<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">each<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">year<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">due<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/transparency-internationals-cpi-shows-corruption-rise-in-pakistan\/\"> Consumer Price Index<\/a> (CPI). This <span class=\"diff-highlight\">should<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">relieve<\/span> financial <span class=\"diff-highlight\">pressure<\/span> on students<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">raise<\/span> the overall quality of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">medical<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">profession<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Pakistan<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/pmdc-approves-fee-reduction-plan-for-private-medical-and-dental-colleges\/\">Pakistan Medical and Dental Council<\/a> (PMDC) will <span class=\"diff-highlight\">monitor<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">compliance<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">regulations<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">will<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">approve<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">any<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">requests<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">raise<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">fees<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">based<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">on<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">consumer<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">price<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">index<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"diff-highlight\">or<\/span> annual <span class=\"diff-highlight\">cost<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">living<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rate<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">inflation<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The policy <span class=\"diff-highlight\">will<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">apply<\/span> to all private medical colleges, including Aga Khan University. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar <span class=\"diff-highlight\">stated<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> the government <span class=\"diff-highlight\">is<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">committed<\/span> to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">ensuring<\/span> fairness <span class=\"diff-highlight\">for<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">students<\/span> in medical education <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">acknowledges<\/span> the importance of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">systematic<\/span> and transparent policies <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">improve<\/span> the healthcare sector.<\/p>\n<p>This is <span class=\"diff-highlight\">good<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">news<\/span> for students <span class=\"diff-highlight\">wanting<\/span> to pursue <span class=\"diff-highlight\">education<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> medical and dental education in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A special committee on medical education, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, has introduced new regulations that cap tuition fees for private medical and dental colleges on an annual basis. The fee cap ranges from Rs1.8 million up to Rs2.5 million per year, which will prohibit colleges from raising tuition fees to excessive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":37753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[3593,17648],"class_list":["post-69285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-consumer-price-index","tag-pakistan-medical-and-dental-council-pmdc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69285","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=69285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69286,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69285\/revisions\/69286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}