{"id":12970,"date":"2025-10-22T14:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/22\/universities-held-accountable-mdcat-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:26:38","slug":"universities-held-accountable-mdcat-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/22\/universities-held-accountable-mdcat-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities, Not PM&DC, Will Be Held Accountable for MDCAT Leaks or Mismanagement, Says Health Minister Mustafa Kamal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Universities, Not PM&DC, Will Be Held Accountable for MDCAT Leaks or Mismanagement, Says Health Minister Mustafa Kamal<\/strong><\/p>\n

ISLAMABAD \u2013 Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Syed Mustafa Kamal has made it clear that the responsibility for any irregularity, paper leak, or mismanagement in the upcoming Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) will rest solely with the universities conducting the exam, not the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC).<\/p>\n

Addressing a press conference at the PM&DC head office, the minister announced that all provinces and universities must ensure a free, fair, and transparent MDCAT scheduled for October 26, 2025. He revealed that 140,129 candidates<\/strong> have registered to compete for 22,000 MBBS and BDS seats<\/strong> in public and private medical and dental colleges across Pakistan. The test will be held at 32 centers nationwide<\/strong>, including an international center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Highlighting PM&DC\u2019s major milestone, the minister said that a uniform national syllabus and item bank<\/strong> containing over 6,000 standardized questions<\/strong> has been developed in consultation with vice chancellors and academic experts. \u201cThis initiative ensures that all universities can prepare their examinations from the same national question bank,\u201d he said. \u201cIf any paper leak occurs, the respective province and university will be held accountable.\u201d He praised PM&DC President Prof. Dr. Rizwan Taj, Registrar, and the examination department for their extensive work in developing the national item bank and standardizing the testing framework.<\/p>\n

Mustafa Kamal confirmed that the MDCAT-2025 will be conducted through designated public-sector universities<\/strong> in each province and region, which will oversee all aspects of the exam\u2019s management, organization, and results. PM&DC, he said, will act as the national regulatory authority, ensuring compliance with uniform standards, security protocols, and transparency benchmarks.<\/p>\n

The minister emphasized that any university found responsible for paper leakage, syllabus deviation, or transparency breaches<\/strong> will face full accountability. To ensure compliance, he announced that 50 percent of the examination funds have already been released<\/strong> to the universities, while the remaining 50 percent will only be issued after successful and transparent completion of the test. \u201cThis decision was taken to ensure efficiency, transparency, and regional facilitation in managing MDCAT-2025,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to PM&DC, the MDCAT score will have at least 50 percent weightage<\/strong> in admissions to all public and private medical colleges, will be valid nationwide<\/strong>, and will remain valid for three years<\/strong>. Universities are required to perform both pre-hoc and post-hoc analyses<\/strong> to confirm that no incorrect or out-of-syllabus questions are included.<\/p>\n

PM&DC has directed all universities to make comprehensive security and logistical arrangements<\/strong> for the exam. This includes properly ventilated and equipped centers with seating, heating or cooling, drinking water, and jammers to block electronic devices. Walk-through gates, parent waiting areas, student verification counters, and trained invigilation staff will be mandatory. Universities will also handle the secure printing, packaging, and transfer of confidential papers under strict supervision.<\/p>\n

The minister reaffirmed that PM&DC retains exclusive control<\/strong> over candidate registration, policy oversight, and result validation<\/strong>, ensuring national uniformity and merit-based admissions. He urged the media to help raise awareness and support transparency efforts around the examination process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PM&DC has fulfilled its responsibility by developing a standardized national system,\u201d he said. \u201cNow it is up to the universities to deliver an honest and transparent examination that upholds merit and restores public confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MDCAT 2025 accountability shifts to universities as Health Minister outlines security, national item bank and funding tied to transparent conduct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2310,2311,808,2309,1405,2312,2308,2314,875,1407,1755,2313,1415,1475],"class_list":["post-12970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-education","tag-bdsadmissions","tag-healthministry","tag-highereducationpakistan","tag-mbbsadmissions","tag-mdcat2025","tag-mdcatpaperleak","tag-medicaladmissions","tag-medicalentranceexam","tag-mustafakamal","tag-pakistanmedicalcouncil","tag-pakistannews","tag-pakistanuniversities","tag-pmdc","tag-transparencyineducation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12970"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12973,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12970\/revisions\/12973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}