The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Sukkur has officially announced the results of the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) 2024, conducted across Sindh, with students from Karachi leading the success rate for both BDS and for MBBS, reported Express News.
The test, organized by the SEBA Testing Service on December 8, was carried out for admission to medical, dental and university faculties in the province, under the directives of the court.
MD CAT 2024 was held simultaneously in several cities including Karachi, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Shaheed Benazirabad, Larkana and Sukkur where a total of 38,684 candidates registered for the test, 32,208 candidates attended while 6,476 candidates were absent.
During the entrance examination, IBA Sukkur reported five cases of cheating and three cases of fake candidates.
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) had set the minimum pass criteria at 55% for MBBS and 50% for BDS. In total, 13,718 candidates successfully passed MBBS and 16,072 candidates passed BDS across Sindh.
According to the results issued by IBA Sukkur, the success rate of MBBS was 42.59%, while the success rate of BDS was 49.90%.
According to the results, from Larkana Police Training School, 36.19% of the candidates passed in MBBS and 43.56% in BDS while, in Hyderabad Public School, the success rate for MBBS was 41 .44%, while for BDS it was 47.93%.
In Mehran Jamshoro University of Engineering and Technology, 36.32% passed MBBS and 43.32% passed BDS. At Quaid-e-Azam Nawabshah University of Engineering, Science and Technology, the success rate was 34.58% for MBBS and 41.62% for BDS.
From IBA Sukkur Public School, 38.01% candidates passed MBBS and 44.4% passed BDS.
Karachi students lead in general exams and more than 50% pass MBBS and BDS exams.
In NED University Karachi, the success rate was 52.92% for MBBS and 60.92% for BDS, while in Karachi University, 53.93% candidates passed MBBS and 62. 72% approved BDS.
