Plea in Supreme Court to accommodate Ukraine returnee medical students in Indian institutions
The petition sought a one-time resolution to enable the migration of these students to Indian medical colleges in the equivalent academic year.
Abhiraj P | July 13, 2022 | 10:44 PM IST
NEW DELHI: A section of the Ukraine returnee Indian medical students due to the Russia-Ukraine war have filed a plea in the Supreme Court to facilitate their accommodation in Indian medical colleges. According to the plea, the future of as many as 14,000 Indian medical students who returned from Ukraine has become uncertain due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
The medical students filed the petition through Advocate Ashwarya Sinha. The petition sought a one-time resolution to enable the migration of these students to Indian medical colleges in the equivalent academic year, and to issue directions to frame guidelines for the same. It also seeks infrastructural, academic, and financial support for the continuation of studies for these students.
Also read | 5.6 lakh teacher vacancies in 15 states; Bihar, Uttar Pradesh worst off
The petition further highlighted the ignorance from the side of the National Medical Commission (NMC) and others despite several representations made by them to enable the inclusion of Ukraine evacuated Indian medical students to Indian medical institutions. It pointed out the measures taken by countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan and Egypt for accommodating the evacuated students in the medical institutions of their respective countries.
Also read | 'What a tragedy!': AISEC demands Karnataka govt take back anti-science NEP 2020 position paper
The petition referred to the Supreme Court order in the "Farzana Batool Vs. Union Of India & Ors" case, where the court observed that the state is obliged to facilitate access to education at all levels.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Featured News
]- Study Abroad: New Zealand revises post-study work visa rules for international postgraduate students
- Maharashtra Election 2024: State’s job scheme stumbles; just 21% apprentice placements in private firms
- ‘First-of-its-kind’: IIT Madras, IIM Udaipur, IIIT Nagpur hostels to be built in PPP-mode
- IIM Calcutta, Delhi, XLRI: How management schools are planning new ways to improve NIRF ranking in research
- Study Abroad: India beats China in race for US education, leads with 3.31 lakh students, says report
- Delhi University students, teachers demand removal of principal accused of slapping Dalit student
- These MBA specialisations are seeing a surge in demand, jobs
- Education News This Week: Fake news on CBSE exams; UPPSC protests, crackdown on coaching ads
- CAT 2024 and a day on campus: How Nirma University plans MBA admissions
- NEET PG Counselling: Telangana’s domicile rules leave hundreds with ‘nowhere to go’; over 70 move court