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| November 12, 2005 | Saturday | Shawwal 9, 1426 |
SC orders probe into ‘leakage’ of entrance test papers
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Punjab government to hold an impartial inquiry into the leakage of entry test papers for admission to the medical colleges and asked the Aga Khan Education Board to compare the papers of 72 candidates, who had appeared in the recent tests.
Led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, a three-member bench hearing a suo motu case obligated the Punjab government to conduct a high-level inquiry within a month and suggested that Rao Rashid of the National Judicial Academy, Punjab, should also be involved in the probe. The entire cost of holding the inquiry will be borne by the Punjab government.
Meanwhile, the Aga Khan Education Board, Karachi, will compare the papers of 72 candidates comprising 24 candidates each among the top position holders, middle position holders and those party in the instant case. The apex court will take up the case again on December 5.
The court took suo motu notice of the case on a letter addressed to the chief justice by the students from Multan, who had failed to qualify the entry test despite a brilliant performance in the Higher Secondary School examinations.
In their letter, the students pleaded to the court to stay admissions in the medical colleges and restore the old system of admission.
Currently, all the candidates have to qualify the entrance test with a maximum score of 40 per cent for admission to the MBBS programme.
Reverting to the old system of admission in the medical colleges will end exploitation of students by unscrupulous elements who have corrupted the entry test system by setting up academies where examination papers are leaked in advance to the students after receiving huge amounts, the letter alleged.
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