15:00 – Medical entrance examination: the FEF reiterates its concerns about access to the curriculum

The success rate in the July test of the entrance examination for studies in medicine and dentistry in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation reached 20.26%, the Academy announced on Monday. Research and Higher Education (Ares). A result that worries the Federation of Francophone Students (FEF). The latter sees a "success rate that stagnates, since they were only forty less (641) last year," she said in a statement. The FSF says deplore "the blade of this exercise "and believes that" this mechanism aggravates the already challenging situation of our health care, marked by inadequate medical planning in relation to needs and reality ". The FEF also regrets the cost of organizing this review. In total, 684 candidates were proclaimed laureates by the jury. At first, 3,376 young people pbaded the test. "Their number being less than 30% of the successes (12.28% for medicine and 16.33% for dentistry), it was not necessary to proceed with the clbadification planned to respect the quota set by the legislator for two sectors, and all get their attestation of success, "says the Ares. Candidates who have not pbaded the test will receive a second chance on September 5th. (Belga)

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