KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 (Bernama) -- The government has agreed in principle to exempt doctors and government medical specialists from sitting for several levels of the Competency Level Appraisal (PTK) examination, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesday.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said the decision was made after taking into consideration the grouses of the doctors following last year's PTK where nearly all of them failed their first examination.
"Many (doctors) are not so interested to continue serving in the civil service if they are required to take the PTK examination which they feel is irrelevant to their work.
"The government is considering the doctors' views because they are a special group," Mustapa said when winding up the debate on the Supply Bill 2006 at the committee stage for his ministry.
He said the exemption would cover only some of the six levels of PTK that the doctors and medical specialists had to go through throughout their service.
"They are not given full exemption. Only a few levels are exempted and it is still under negotiation," he said.
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