Calls for Egypt med cap

Calls have grown in Egypt to limit admissions to medical schools after the Doctors’ Syndicate warned that admission scores at some private universities were too low and that pass rates in the first year had repeatedly fallen—dropping below 40% at some colleges, to 34.23% in dentistry at Sohag University and 36% at Assiut University. The syndicate called for increases in admissions to be tied to the provision of training and teaching facilities, and for foreign students to make up no more than 5% of enrolments at public medical schools. Meanwhile, the Education Committee in the House of Representatives is reviewing admission rules. The syndicate is also working on a legislative amendment to set a minimum admission score for private medical schools, amid proposals to standardise medical education standards and require universities to complete their teaching hospitals.

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