The Medical faculty students attached to the University of Jaffna today took the street to protest against the move by the government to allow students from private medical university to carry out their practicals in the state hospitals.
The protesters alleged that these private medical universities in the country opened intakes twice in a year with low Advanced Level (AL) qualifications as basic qualification to enter. Students marched from the faculty premises towards the Jaffna Teaching Hospital building.
While questioning the standard of the degrees offered by these universities, the students urged the govern ment to take immediate steps to safeguard the medical education standard in the country for the betterment of the people.
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