Punjab minister s comments spark outrage among MDCAT 2020 students, others
Pakistan
Wed, Dec 16, 2020
Punjab Higher Education and Information Technology Minister Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz and Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan address a press conference in Lahore, Pakistan, December 15, 2020. The News/via Geo.tv
LAHORE: Punjab Higher Education and Information Technology Minister Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz s comments about Pakistani students habit of writing rote-learned answers and, therefore, being unable to compete with their international counterparts, have drawn widespread outrage among students and aspirants who gave the MDCAT 2020, as well as students from other fields.
In a press conference here in Lahore on Tuesday, Humayun, who was flanked by Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, responded to a journalist who asked about students upset over the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for out-of-syllabus questi