Nearly 100 students who were denied admittance to medical specialist programs at the University of Health Sciences after failing oral exams were retroactively accepted into the courses of their choice by Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. “In order to remove all sins, today I sent you a gift that all 99 students who failed the oral test, you can study in specialist doctor classes,” Mr. Hun Sen said.

Speaking in front of thousands of current students at the inauguration ceremony of a new university building, Mr. Hun Sen explained that his decision came after learning of a university policy regarding so-called reserve candidates, which he announced would be abolished by the beginning of next year’s application process. Reserve candidates are students who are accepted to the University of Health Sciences’ medical specialist programs by default, regardless of their exam scores, provided there are not enough regular applicants who pass their written and oral exams.

“At the moment, I discussed with the health minister and rector of the university that from now on we will no longer have reserve candidates. We should select the number of accepted students which is determined,” Mr. Hun Sen said. The 99 students who failed their oral exams passed their written exams, Mr. Hun Sen said, and would have been accepted to the university had it not been for a list of 67 reserve candidates waiting to snatch most of their spots.

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I don't know if I'd want a doctor that had to have a waver to get into med school and by a politician at that.

Thai university students can not fail (especially this many at a time) as it would show just how inadequate the universities are in their abilities to teach students along with how utterly ignorant the average student here is..PS Thai Visa ignorant means the lack of knowledge.and is derogatory.

Hence my insistence that any doctor that is going to cut on me have serious education outside of Thailand.

I don't know if I'd want a doctor that had to have a waver to get into med school and by a politician at that.

The ones that got a waver are the ones that didn't have the money to "buy" their grades beforehand.