Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Additional Chief Secretary, Secretaries of Health, Finance, Education, Vice Chancellor University of Health Sciences and senior doctors attended the meeting. He also said best arrangement should be made for entry test of male and female students and merit policy formulated on the basis of entry test should be implemented strictly in public and private medical colleges. The chief minister also directed to take strict action against the officers for not ensuring the implementation on merit lists in private medical colleges.
He said students will be given admission in all private and public medical and dental colleges on the basis of the merit formulated through entry test held by University of Health Sciences and this policy would be implemented strictly. He directed the concerned officials to constitute a special committee headed by the Punjab Chief Secretary, which will submit recommendations regarding action taken against the institutions involved in violating the rules and regulations and merit policy.
He also directed that implementation on the admission policy should be ensured at all costs and the admission should be given only to those male and female students who come up to the merit. He said quota system and special seats had been abolished for the reason that it violated merit and was against the right of deserving candidates and the same policy of admission has been enforced in engineering universities.
He observed that there is mushroom growth of educational institutions in the province, and some of these institutions neither have charter nor fulfil the prescribed rules and regulations. "Such institutions not only charging heavy amounts from students but also destroying the education sector in the name of education. The educational institutions fulfilling the prescribed rules and regulations and helping the government for promotion of quality education will be encouraged," he added.
Earlier, University of Health Sciences Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Malik Hussain Mubashar gave a detailed briefing regarding steps taken for entry test and schedule of admission. He also presented amendments in University of Health Sciences Act for approval. He informed the meeting that all arrangements have been completed for entry test.