PHARMACY DEGREE EDUCATION ENTRY LEVEL
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Lately there was a couple of letters that appeared in the newspaper about some students who entered in the Diploma in Pharmacy education with the hope, and in the newspaper they said they were promised, that if their CPD is 3.5 they will be eligible to gain entry into a Pharmacy degree program.
Comment:
Obtaining the require CPGA is not the sole criteria for the selection. There are other criteria and that would include the subjects taken. For example one of the University twinning program here require:
• that Chemistry is a compulsory subject together with 2 others one of which must be a science subject such as Biology, Mathematics or Physics.
• Candidates with STPM will need minimum grades of AAB+ in Chemistry and two other science subjects/Mathematics. General paper is not acceptable.
• that Chemistry is a compulsory subject together with 2 others one of which must be a science subject such as Biology, Mathematics or Physics.
• Candidates with STPM will need minimum grades of AAB+ in Chemistry and two other science subjects/Mathematics. General paper is not acceptable.
On cPGA, it is learnt that the Pharmacy Board stipulated a minimum cGPA 3.8 for a Diploma in Science (that includes Diploma in Pharmacy) entry qualification. This guideline has been more than 3 years now. It has not been raised from 3.5 to 3.8, ie it has always been 3.8
In the past one year some 'concerned pharmacists" had informed the MPS on the way the Pharmacy degree and diploma program are being advertised in the newspaper and in some instances the MPS contacted the institution concerned seeking them to reword their advertisement in order not to disappoint students when they graduate. For example over the last one year the MPS had written to 2 institutions to seek their co-operation to tone down their promotion of Diploma in Pharmacy where they advertise that the Diploma graduate can design drugs and dispense medicines, go for ward rounds, and conduct research.
1) I would advise the students to go for A levels than wasting their time pursuing Diploma in Pharmacy. Diploma and Degree level is totally different level. A level is one year, why bother to waste 3 years in Diploma?
2) I agree the entry qualifications a bit high nowadays. But with so many SPM straight As students, the gov somehow to to filter the best right among them right?
3) Even if we choose to pay to study in private universities also need AAB+ in science subjects. STPM AAB+, wow that was tough!
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