Mysuru: The final year medical students staged a protest at their houses here on Tuesday January 25 holding posters led by the All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO), urging the authorities to defer the final examinations which are scheduled to be held in February.
Medical students had recently said that the examinations should ideally be held in the month of May as the ongoing academic year had begun in May 2021 and also expressed concern that there is less time to complete the syllabus and study for the exams. Due to no action by the authorities, the students are now protesting.
AIDSCO District Secretary Chandrakala said, “Medical students should be given curriculum for one year but due to ongoing Covid – 19 pandemic, they are given only seven months of classes. Prescribed curriculums have not yet been completed, and they have not been posted in any relevant clinics. Officials cannot conduct the exams without considering that these students have worked during the second wave of pandemic and are now working under the ongoing third wave which only has added to more pressure and stress on the students while handling both work and exams. So, we conducted a survey, and 95 percent of the students expressed that the exams should be postponed. We urge the officials to give sufficient time to study before holding exams.”
