A comparative study of the performances of direct and concessional entrants into the University of Ibadan Medical School 1956-69.

Abstract

There are two main modes by which candidates are admitted into courses leading to the award of MB,BS degrees of the University of Ibadan. One of these is by direct entry. Through this mode, candidates who have obtained good passes in physics, chemistry, and zoology either at the advanced level of the General Certificate of Education (GCE) examination or at the Higher School Certificate (HSC) examination' are admitted directly to the first year of the preclinical course. Under normal circumstances, this class of students is required to spend five academic sessions to graduate MB,BS. The other mode of entry is through the concessional entrance examination conducted annually by the university. Eligible to sit this competitive examination are those who have secured good passes in the prescribed number of subjects either at the West African School Certificate Examination or at the ordinary level of the GCE examination. Successful candidates in the concessional examination spend their first session at the university reading physics, chemistry, and zoology in the preliminary course. Good passes in all three subjects are prerequisites for entry into the first year of the preclinical course. Thus under normal circumstances concessional entrants are expected to spend, from the time they first enter the university, six academic sessions to graduate MB,BS. With success in either the West African School