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The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore issued a notification to announce National Talent Scholarships for students who passed their intermediate annual exams with flying colors.

In a statement, a BISE spokesperson informed that the National Talent Scholarships are awarded to students for the development of educational standards at the structural level.

National Talent Scholarships are usually awarded to a select number of students hailing from different education groups. In this regard, the merit of pre-medical students is 1058, pre-engineering 1044, general science 994, commerce 960. The merit for arts and other groups is 903.

In other news, the Education Ministry confirmed the schedule for the upcoming examination sessions for Matric classes (9th and 10th). Sources suggest that these exams will commence from 6th March 2021. The following schedule for fee submission has been disclosed:

• Deadline for Single Examination fee submission: 20th January 2021
• Deadline for Double Examination fee submission: 1st February 2021

Triple Examination Fees are required to be submitted before 2nd February 2021.

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has thrown out a petition challenging results and demanding a recheck of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2020 session.

The plea filed by candidate Fatima Siddiqi and others was termed not maintainable by a bench led by Justice Ayesha A Malik.

The plaintiffs had contended in the petition that the MCQs in the entrance exam were out of syllabus, which led to a number of students failing the exam.

Their counsel also maintained that Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) had failed to fulfill the commitment of granting grace marks to the students.

The lawyer also questioned the legitimacy of several provisions of the PMC Act 2020, arguing that the provisions violated fundamental rights granted by the constitution.

He requested the court to suspend the admission process and order rechecking of the papers.

Justice Malik ruled that the petitioners did not avail of the first remedy under the law and delayed approaching the court. She observed that the MDCAT regulations did not provide for rechecking option.