Ghana Medical and Dental Council says it will soon introduce a system to prevent medical schools in the country from exceeding their allotted quotas for admission.
This initiative according to the council is to safeguard the training and production of standard health professionals and the maintenance of high professional standards in the country.
The council indicates that even though efforts to introduce strict adherence to the admission quotas failed in the time past, effective measures have been adopted by the council to ensure the rules of engagement are duly followed.
Board member of the Ghana Medical Council, Dr. Ernest Yorke made this revelation while he was delivering an address at the 12th white coast ceremony of the School of Medical Science at the University of Cape Coast on Thursday.
He indicated that each student will be given a unique number upon matriculation which will carry them through till graduation.
The number he adds will be given to the school and will be assigned from the medical and dental council.”
He noted that the council has “already had dialogs with the schools and universities and am happy to say that they are on board. However, we know in practice, to maintain those quotas is a difficulty; there are pressures from everywhere but we must try and stick to those quotas.”
Dr, Yorke explained that students who are numbered beyond the quota will not be given unique numbers without which they will also be unable to graduate.
He, therefore, urged the medical schools to cooperate with the council to maintain these outlined standards that the nation has collectively agreed to set to help produce the quality of doctors needed in the country.
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Source: Vera Siripi/ATLFMNEWS
