Reduction in Medical Colleges Entrance Test fee will help poor students: Kamran.

PESHAWAR -- Reduction in the entrance fee for the Medical College admission would help poor students, Provincial Minister for Higher Education Kamran Bangash told journalists here on Saturday.

He said for the encouragement of the students and to reduce the burden of fee on parents of poor students, the Department of Higher Education of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa took revolutionary measures by reducing the Entrance Fee from Rs. 6000 to Rs. 1000 only. 'Now the fee charged for the Medical Colleges Entrance Test has been drastically reduced,' Kamran Khan Bangash said.

Pakistan Medical Commission had collected Rs 6000 for the Medical Colleges Entrance Test.

"But now, after the decision was taken to reduce the fee, Rs. 5000 would be returned to each of the candidates appearing in the Entrance Test for Medical College admission, Minister for Higher Education, KP Kamran Bangash added.

The remaining amount will be returned to the candidate by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Medical University, Kamran Bangash said. The Entrance Test for medical colleges is being held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on November 13.

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