West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to loosen up the foundations of the National Medical Commission (NMC) for the scholars who have been pressured to depart Ukraine because of the imminent hazard and risk to their lives amid a battle with Russia.
Banerjee wrote, “As per the present pointers of the NMC, college students who’re eligible for the internship, will likely be allowed to endure the internship in authorities medical faculties of the state and they’re going to even be paid the stipend at par with the opposite candidates. “
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She additional wrote, “For different college students in numerous years of their research, they could be allowed to get admitted on the equal stage within the personal medical faculties in opposition to the present seats and these medical faculties could also be allowed to extend the equal variety of seats for accommodating these college students.”
She additionally knowledgeable Modi that the personal medical faculties of the state have agreed to accommodate these college students on the state quota charges.
The letter additionally talked about, “The present stipulations of the NMC mandate that only those students who qualify the National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET-UG) can only get admission into the medical colleges. Many of the students who have returned from Ukraine do not meet this requirement. It is requested that the relevant guidelines may be relaxed as a very special case to accommodate these students.”
Also Wednesday, Banerjee interacted with the 391 college students who returned to West Bengal from Ukraine. The college students conveyed to the chief minister that they’re dealing with a monetary crunch. Banerjee agreed and guaranteed that the state authorities will do every little thing potential for them.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
