Excelsior Correspondent
—Excelsior/Rakesh
JAMMU, Apr 4: Demanding probe into the recently declared result, hundreds of para-medical students continued their protest at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) premises today.
Raising slogans against the Health Department, Principal GMC Dr Shashi Gupta and J&K Nursing Council the protestors were demanding re-checking of their examination scripts and publication of result in gazette.
One of the protesting students told that 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 as here the pass percentage is only 4 per cent.
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.
“A probe of entire matter should be carried out so that truth would be ascertained”, he asserted.
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 para-medical students.
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