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Durban - The dreams of hundreds of matriculants with A aggregate passes to study medicine are
dashed by the limited places on offer at universities.
And some say the race- based quota system, which gives enrolment priority to many underperformers, patronises such candidates.
Doctors believe tertiary institutions should be encouraging the previously disadvantaged to raise
their academic standards instead of accepting mediocre matric results and offering enrolment over
academic high achievers.
Only 1 in 4 matrics will get varisity places
Former Miss India South Africa and Miss India Worldwide, Dr Kajal Lutchminarian, 27, said it
baffled her how matriculants with average marks continued to be accepted into medical schools.
Lutchminarian, who studied at the Walter Sisulu University School of Medicine and is specialising in
plastic surgery at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, believes lowered enrolment standards may
result in students delivering the bare minimum.
It is human nature to perform at the level expected of you. If more is expected, you will work harder
to achieve. Pupils interested in studying medicine should be working harder to raise themselves up
to enter this field.