Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 3: Alleging discrimination with the para-medical students of Jammu, hundreds of para-medical students continued their protest at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) premises today.
Raising slogans in favour of their demands including re-checking of their examination scripts, hundreds of para-medical students assembled in the premises of GMCH.
They also raised slogans against the Health Department, Principal GMC Dr Shashi Gupta and J&K Nursing Council for not paying heed towards their demands for which they are protesting for the last two weeks.
The protesters were demanding re-checking of answer scripts of paramedical students besides publication of result in gazette.
One of the protesting students told EXCELSIOR that the paramedical students were penalized by the authorities conducting the para-medical exams as they declared 95 per cent students as failed. In Kashmir division, the pass percentage is around 85 per cent, which is grave injustice and discrimination with the para-medical students of Jammu division.
He further said that the tenure of paramedical course was one and half year, but in J&K, the exams were held after four years, which shows the lethargic approach of J&K Nursing Council and allied departments, responsible for the conduct of the examination.
“The date of exams were cancelled and rescheduled by the administration and finally, when the exams were held after four years, out of over 13,000 students, around 1,000 students were declared qualified”, he said.
“GMC administration has declared the result of paramedical course only on its website. Moreover the marks obtained by the students are also not shown and students are declared as fail or pass, which is in violation of set norms”, he said.
He alleged that it is deliberate attempt to declare maximum of students as failed and a probe of entire matter should be carried out so that truth would be ascertained.
The protesters appealed Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to personally intervene in the matter and issue directions to concerned department to re-check the papers of paramedical students.
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