IndiGlobal Media Bureau
With 20,000 students back in India from Ukraine what are their future prospects in terms of completing their education?
Maximum students are from medical education and those which are not affected by the War in Ukraine have updated that they will start online classes once situation is stable.
But will they? Ask the worried students in India. Education consultancies that guide the students for foreign education have adopted a wait and watch policy due to the evolving situation.
Students are scattered in different states in India.
Telangana government has stated that Ukraine-returned students from the state will be accommodated in State medical colleges.
Karnataka government has asked the students who have returned to their state to enrol in the medical colleges.
But what will be the criteria for allotment of seats to these students?
Students are in different semesters of their MBBS education. Those in the 6th year have been told by Universities in Ukraine that the MBBS certificates will be given to them.
What about others? Universities in Ukraine have asked them to wait and through social media pages are updating the status based on the information from their government. The areas which are not affected by War are proposing to start online classes. Many of them are confused and not sure what to do.
To help these students, National Medical Forum has requested that they must be considered as WAR VICTIMS. President of NMF Dr Prem Aggarwal in a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed that these must be declared according to the Geneva Convention.
Dr Aggarwal says, “They are displaced from their educational institutes and had to return to their homeland. War has forced them to stop their education and the first step must be to recognize them. Once that is done there can be other procedures followed.”
Salman Mohiuddin in Telangana who returned from Ukraine, says, “Telangana government has announced that they will enrol the students in medical colleges. There are more than 700 students who have returned to the state. We are waiting for further directives as we want to continue our education.”
Many of the students in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab and Delhi have approached the State Government for respite. Dr Aggarwal says, “Our first step must be to recognize and provide them a Special Status. Once that is done there will be involvement of National Medical Council for special guidelines to enrol them in medical colleges.”
