Final year KUHS MBBS students move High Court seeking postponement of exams

Pointing out that they couldn't attend sufficient number of clinical sessions as a result of the pandemic, the students alleged in the petition that this will ultimately affect their clinical skills and practical experience, adds The Hindu.

In the plea, the students referred to the fact that as per the syllabus of KUHS, the final-year MBBS students should have 792 hours of clinical classes. However, COVID-19 pandemic messed up with the timetable and as per the timetable of several medical colleges affiliated to KUHS, the final-year MBBS students could receive only 580 classes as a result of the pandemic and lockdown.

Further, the students submitted before the High Court that if the exam schedule remains unchanged and the University conducts the exam by March-end, they would get hardly one month of time for preparing for the examinations.

Also Read: NEET MDS 2022 Postponed by 4-6 Weeks, Internship Deadline Extended by Health Ministry

As per the latest media report by The Hindu, the University responded to the plea and submitted before the HC bench as per the schedule of the National Medical Commission (NMC), the apex medical education regulatory body, the final-year MBBS examination needs to be conducted in March.

KUHS, in its response, also pointed out that the medical colleges in the State had initiated online classes from April 2021.

Further, the physical classes resumed in August 2021 and following this, priority was given upon the clinical and practical training of the students. So, whatever loss the students faced due to the pandemic during the previous months, had been compensated, argued the University.

Refuting such claims, the petitioner students, on the other hand, argued that the University had not given any such directions to the medical colleges for initiating online classes in April.