The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) informed the Senate Standing Committee on National Health Service Day about the imposition of a three-year ban on the registration of new medical colleges. The decision was made to improve the quality of education and standards in the medical field as a profession. However, mainly the PMDC is facing a shortage of teaching faculty, forcing it to take such a decision.
To maintain educational standards due to a rapid increase in medical/dental colleges in Pakistan, the meeting raised concerns about the availability of qualified teaching faculty. The decision will eventually lead to a decrease in seats for the profession with a ban on new medical colleges. On the other hand, only the deserving and passionate will secure a seat in medical.
The stats show that 187 medical/dental colleges have 26,018 students, whereas the faculty available in these colleges is 22,146. With a decrease in teaching faculty, PMDC aims to maintain the regularity and shortage by imposinga ban on new medical/dental colleges.
PMDC has requested National Health Services collaborate to safeguard Pakistan’s medical education system. To improve the deteriorating standards of educational competence, clinical training, research, and academic excellence, the PMDC has taken necessary measures.
