ISLAMABAD: While 30,000 students attempt to get admission to foreign medical and dental schools each year, the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has issued a warning to students about the use of informal agents.
The idea was made in light of the fact that over 80 per cent of foreign graduates failed the National Licensing Examination (NLE).
PMC warns youngsters not to be fooled by informal agents. PMC spokesperson said in a statement, "In the last two NLE exams for foreign graduates, nearly 2,344 students appeared, and out of those, only 424 students could pass the NLE exam. The low passing percentage is merely due to the wrong selection of medical and dental colleges by the students chasing cheap foreign education, getting influenced by informal agents who directly are responsible for putting their educational carrier at stake for the sake of money, and going to non-verified, substandard educational institutes."
He also stated that, due to a lack of resources, hospitals, language barriers, and a shortage of patients and beds, a number of foreign medical and dental institutes awarded degrees without a house job or providing any practical clinical experience, which he asserted was one of the main reasons for foreign graduates' low pass percentage in the NLE exams.
He added that all those foreign graduates who complete their respective degrees with house jobs or practical clinical experience easily passed the NLE exams.
