New Delhi: On Sunday, students who had to return to India from the war zone country Ukraine, are protesting at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. They are protesting to seek admission in Indian colleges. They are urging the central government for making arrangements to help them complete their studies in state universities.
Around 500 MBBS students and their parents from 18 states are expected to join members of the Parents’ Association of Ukraine MBBS Students (PAUMS) at Jantar Mantar.
A group of parents said that the future of their wards is at stake as they had to leave their studies due to unavoidable circumstances.
The government should save our children’s careers the way they saved their lives and brought them back from Ukraine,” news agency ANI quoted one of the parents who joined the protest.
In a notice issued on March 4, the National Medical Commission, said that foreign medical graduates whose internships were pending due to compelling situations, like war, are eligible to complete the remaining part of their internship in India, but there are no directions for those in the initial years of their courses.
“We urge the Centre to take further decision on the academic future of our children,” said Harish Kumar, father of Arjun Batish, a fourth-year MBBS student at Kharkiv National Medical University who was evacuated from Ukraine last month, had earlier told media.
More than 20,000 Indian students, who had gone to Ukraine for persuading Medical career are now worried about their future. Amid Russian Invasion they had to leave the country.
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