Final Year MBBS Medicos Demand Exams postponement, Write to RGUHS
Bengaluru: Claiming that they have a syllabus to cover and several clinical postings are pending as well, the final year MBBS students in Karnataka have started staging an online protest demanding postponement of upcoming final year MBBS exams.
The All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO), which led the protest, along with the representatives of the Medical Students' Struggle Committee have submitted a memorandum in this regard to the vice-chancellor of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS).
"This is utterly anti-educational and anti-student. This has created tremendous pressure among final year medical students and this move would keep their future at stake," it added.
Meanwhile, AIDSO Karnataka conducted an online Google form survey recording opinions of the students regarding the upcoming exams, and 95.9% of students expressed their views against the exam.
Referring to this, the association mentioned in its Press Statement, as reported by Indian Express, "More than 4,500 students have signed the form and a whopping 95% of them opine that they want the examination to be postponed. Medical students are the backbone of society's health system. Considering the future of medical students and all the above points, the medical students of the state and AIDSO urges the RGUHS to give sufficient time for thorough preparation for examination and only then set a schedule for the same."
Although the association mentioned in its Tweet regarding the positive assurance from RGUHS VC, while talking to TOI, Dr. Jaykara SM, RGUHS opined that deferring exams would be difficult and said, "All exams including that of nursing and allied sciences are underway. Health varsities in other states have also scheduled their exams. Before finalising the dates, the registrar [evaluation] had contacted all principals and taken their consent. Principals had said portions. Exam dates were then finalised."
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