November 19, 2008	Wednesday	Ziqa'ad 20, 1429

KARACHI, Nov 18: The University of Karachi is likely to issue another merit admission list of MS/PhD programmes based on the formula stated in the admission brochures after a lot of hue and cry was raised against the ‘flawed’ entry test.

This was decided at a meeting of the deans of different faculties of Karachi University held on Tuesday. However, no notification was issued in this regard.

Dr Shahana Urooj, a member of university’s deans committee, told Dawn that the meeting, presided over by the acting vice-chancellor, decided to check the discrepancies in the merit admission list and prepare another list.

However, she said, “The list issued on Monday has not been withdrawn. It was a provisional list and we will prepare another list according to the formula stated in the admission brochures, which means that students who have secured 50 per cent marks in the National Testing Service (NTS) test would be declared qualified,” she said, adding that the provisional list would be considered to fill remaining seats in various departments.

According to the list issued on Monday, 700 candidates for MS programme and 90 for PhD programme had been declared qualified. Only 722 candidates, however, had passed the NTS test.

The episode has occurred in the backdrop of NTS fiasco last month. About 60 per cent of the total 1,770 candidates failed to pass the first pre-entry tests.