80% STUDENTS FAILED MEDICAL COLLEGES ENTRANCE TEST

80% STUDENTS FAILED MEDICAL COLLEGES ENTRANCE TEST

·         Whether there are teachers fault?

·         Whether there are students fault?

·         Whether there is education system fault?

·         Whether there is examination system fault?

Entrance test for admission in different medical and dental colleges all over Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa held on 25^th August 2019. The result was declared on 26^th August 2019 and it was found that 82% of students have failed entrance test. ETEA(Educational Testing and Evaluation Agency) conducts this test every year. This year, a total of 44,000 students sat the test. Out of these 44,000 students, only 8,000 of them passed it putting the pass rate of 18.4%.

                The students study in Peshawar and in their corresponding villages for the preparation of the ETEA test. 20% of the students clear the ETEA medical test in 3^rd attempt. 30% clear in the 2^nd attempt. They study the whole year so as to get a name as ‘Dr’.

                It is obviously a very low percentage and this has put a huge stress on the mass’s mind. Most of the people blame the poor performance of the student s whereas most of them are against the teaching methodology. The whole student's mind becomes descriptive on the intermediate level where each paper was 85% descriptive having long questions, while the result comprised short questions. Secondly, here a concept of students has been developed that only those students pass the ETEA test who get admissions in coaching academies and have high marks in intermediate. In my opinion, the only solution is, ETEA test method and pattern should be in such a way that it correlates with the intermediate examination procedure.

BY: AAMIR ABBAS

Parachinar, District Kurram