In a major policy decision, Pre engineering students in Pakistan can now convert to pre medical: Report

In a major policy decision, Pre engineering students in Pakistan can now convert to pre medical: Report

ISLAMABAD: In a major policy decision, Pre engineering students in Pakistan can now convert to pre medical, Media Report had revealed.

The education ministry has decided to allow pre-engineering students to switch to pre-medical by taking biology as an additional subject, Dawn has reported.

Sources in the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training said the decision was made following complaints lodged by students on the Pakistan Citizen Portal.

They said that after receiving the complaints the ministry took up the matter with the concerned directorates and the National Curriculum Council (NCC).

With approval from the NCC, it was decided that pre-engineering students who have passed their FSc could switch over to pre-medical if they pass the additional subject of biology.