Egyptian Doctors Syndicate Tightens Registration Rules Over Admission Standards

Egypt's doctors syndicate has adopted stricter registration rules requiring high school certificates, responding to reports of medical students admitted with weak qualifications.

• The syndicate's general assembly has added the high school certificate to registration documents for new doctors, effective next year.
• The assembly called for halting new cohorts at colleges lacking university hospitals and a legislative amendment subjecting foreign university branches to national admission rules.
• Assistant secretary general Khaled Amin said the syndicate had detected students enrolled in Eastern European medical schools who never studied qualifying science subjects.
• Council member Abdelrahman Mostafa said admission with grades starting at 50 percent at some universities raises concerns over graduate qualification and reputation.