“We will resolve this matter shortly as the matter is to be discussed with the British authorities and heads of the university,” chairman of the Admission Committee of the NED, Professor Dr Muhammad Tufail, told The News on Friday.
Meanwhile, the medical and interview process of the candidates who have cleared the written entry test to the bachelor’s degree programme of the NED University for the academic session 2011-12 begins on Monday, Professor Tufail said.
The written test was conducted on October 22 in which around 7, 424 students appeared. The merit list of the successful candidates have been put on display on the university’s website and on the notice boards located at the main entrances to the NED, he said.
The candidates were advised to visit the NED campus on Monday for medical examinations, and the interview process would begin from Wednesday. The admission process was to be completed by the end of November, he further said.
As many as 3,580 students belonging to the Karachi-based examination boards had cleared the entry test while there were only 1,325 seats available in all the faculties of the university, he added.
According to the chairman of the admission committee, there were 26 seats available for the students who appeared from Hyderabad while 451 candidates had cleared their entry tests. Meanwhile, 214 successful applicants from Mirpurkhas would try their luck on 20 allocated seats, Professor Dr Tufail, who is also the dean of the chemical and process engineering department of the university, said.
Furthermore, there are 20 seats allocated for the students of Sukkur whereas 195 students have cleared their entry tests. Nineteen seats were reserved for the students from Larkana while 236 candidates had passed the written test on these seats, he said.
Moreover, 114 students from the federal board also cleared the test and they would now appear for medical and interviews against 39 seats. There are 122 self-finance seats available for Karachiites for which 627 candidates had cleared the entry test. One out of five students who appeared on the NED life alumni members seat failed to clear the entry test, Prof. Tufail said.
