To reexamine the matter of rationalizing fees for private medical and dental colleges. A committee appointed by the Pakistan Medical. and Dental Council (PMDC) will meet this week. The PMDC has not been successful in this attempt, despite prior attempts.
Dr. Nadeem Jan, the former caretaker health minister, claimed that although. He had started the process of rationalizing fees. During his tenure, the desired result had. Not materialized by the time of his departure.
A three-person committee headed by Prof. Dr. Mohammad Zubair Khan. Is reportedly investigating the situation, according to a PMDC representative. The next meeting of the committee is set for Wednesday, May 8.
Note that for the current session. That started in February, medical and dental colleges. Have increased their annual fees by up to Rs. 800,000.
According to the former caretaker health minister. He made every effort to lower the costs. He told a national daily, “In actuality, the committee had finalized the fees at less than Rs. 2 million per annum but I rejected it and insisted on further reducing it.”
According to a senior PMDC official, the academic council recommended the fee amount. But the council ultimately decided against. It and gave it instructions to be reviewed. He said, “Unfortunately, the fees were raised on its own. By the Pakistan Association of Private Medical and Dental Institutions (PAMI).
The official went on to say that PAMI declined to lower the cost. Citing increases in utility services and electricity rates. “We will press PAMI to lower the fee at the committee’s upcoming meeting. Which is set for this coming Wednesday. But if PAMI declines to lower the fees, the PMDC Act does not give us [PMDC] the authority to take any action,” he stated.
This year in January, PMDC asked colleges to provide an explanation. For the sudden increase in tuition. The council also reminded colleges of their duties, which include sending in. Annual financial statements for the year that ended and informing. PMDC of any increases in tuition three months ahead of the start of the next session.
Official records state that Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College Lahore. charged an annual MBBS tuition of about Rs. 1.8 million. But the college has increased it to more than Rs. 2.6 million for the current session.
The tuition at HBS Medical and Dental College in Islamabad has gone up from Rs. 1.55 million to over Rs. 2.2 million this year. A fee of Rs. 1.6 million has been announced by Foundation University Medical College. Which is a minor increase from the Rs. 1.58 million that Pakistani students paid for their education last year.
From Rs. 1.75 million to Rs. 2.2 million this year, the CMH Lahore Medical and Dental. College and Institute of Dentistry Lahore (MBBS) has raised its tuition. The cost of Shalamar Medical and Dental College has increased from Rs. 1.65 million to Rs. 2.1 million this year. In a similar vein, the tuition at Islamabad Medical and Dental College has increased to Rs. 2.1 million from Rs. 1.6 million.
The MBBS program at Aga Khan University Karachi now costs more than Rs. 3 million per year instead of the previous year’s Rs. 2.6 million. There has been an increase in fees at Fazaia Medical College. Islamabad from approximately Rs. 1.4 million to Rs. 1.6 million and at Rehman Medical College Peshawar from Rs. 1.5 million to Rs. 1.7 million.
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