SHILLONG, SEPT 1: The Association for Democracy and Empowerment (ADE) today sought the intervention of the state government into the alleged denial of admission to medical students from Meghalaya in various medical colleges in neighbouring state of Assam.
In a statement issued here on Friday, ADE apex committee president Dalseng Bira Ch Momin said, “The Meghalaya government is sincerely requested to take necessary steps to rectify this issue as soon as possible to ensure the educational rights of our students.”
Stating that this step motherly behavior of the Assam government towards the neighbouring state students would not be tolerated at any cost, Momin alleged that not a single student was able to get admission in any of the medical colleges in Assam.
“Students from Meghalaya were out rightly denied admission in the institution without any valid reason put forward by the authority. They were the state nominees from Meghalaya through NEC quota,” he added.
According to him, these students were also duly selected candidates by the Under Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Meghalaya.
He also alleged, “As per our knowledge goes, the sole reason behind the denial of admission could be due to the order (DME/UG/29/2017/8164-66) issued by the Director of Medical Education, Assam to the Medical Colleges of Assam to abolish the 13 seats for MBBS students allotted to state of Meghalaya through the NEC quota and reduction of Central (Pool) quota of seats from 15 to 6 seats.”
He however said that with the denial, not only the year long hard toil of the students will be wasted, but with it goes down the hope of their parents, the future of our society.
“ If it’s not dealt promptly, our state won’t be able to produce any Doctor, Dentist this year,” he said while adding that it is also a huge misfortune for Meghalaya, even after attaining statehood, it fails to provide quality medical education to the youths who have to go to other states for taking up MBBS, BDS courses.
Stating that lack of doctors, specialists, and qualified medical practitioners has become a common feature in the state, he said, “If the state government cannot provide the quality education, they should avoid making false promises of development in the near future.”
Meanwhile, the ADE also appealed to both the Assam and Meghalaya state governments to come up with an inclusive mechanism which could offer better chance of collaboration in quality educational for the benefit of both the states.
Both the states should make arrangements for the students so that they can continue their medical studies without any hindrance, Momin asserted.
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