Overview
- An official PMDC notification restores the pass mark to 50% and attendance to 75% for the 2024–25 session and instructs all medical universities to implement the change.
- The regulator clarifies that students enrolled up to and including the 2024–25 academic session will not face enforcement of revised thresholds.
- A phased 5% increase in both passing marks and attendance is proposed for future cohorts, subject to further consultation and a later final announcement.
- Earlier this year the PMDC raised thresholds to 70% passing and 90% attendance, while intervening notices and reports also referenced 65% and 85%, reflecting inconsistent prior figures.
- The notification reiterates expatriate admissions rules requiring IBCC equivalence with Chemistry and Biology as mandatory subjects for MBBS/BDS eligibility.