New Delhi, April 29 -- The pharmacy education regulator has started rating pharmacy colleges after some tried to game the system by putting up dummy principals and faculty during virtual inspections.

Both private and government pharma colleges are being evaluated by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) and will be ranked on the basis of 11 parameters such as facilities, infrastructure, number of student-teacher ratio, number faculties and their qualifications and attendance.

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