Medical education for Pakistani students in Cuba
Medical education: Students' protest against Cuba continues
Islamabad, Apr 02: A goodwill gesture by the
Cuban government offering scholarships to around 1,000 Pakistani
medical students has become a nightmare for a few. Despite
clarifications of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), the fact
remains there that whether Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC)
will accept Cuban medical degrees. Six
students deported from Cuba shortly alleged that the Cuban colleges
were ill-equipped and quality of education lower than Pakistan. They
said they would not be able to get past the PMDC test if and when they
completed their studies and obtained degrees. They claimed that
teaching hospitals were not attached with their colleges in Cuba. These
six were among the 15 students were arrested for violating laws in
Cuba. They and their parents have staged a protest in front of Higher
Education Commission (HEC) building in Sector H-9 in favour of their
demands. The HEC has issued a press release stating that a
comprehensive certificate, addressing all issues, was signed by the
Cuban deputy minister for health and endorsed by the PMDC
representative, who went to Cuba for resolution of this matter. A
total of 932 Pakistani students are currently undertaking medical
studies in Cuba on full scholarship. The first batch of these students
has completed two years of study along with a comprehensive course in
Spanish language and is ready to initiate third-year classes, while the
second batch has entered second year of study. The case for
resolution of the problems faced by these Pakistani students in Cuba
was taken up by the Senate Standing Committee on Health and National
Assembly Standing Committees on Health and Education. Both these
committees worked deliberated on the issue. A delegation headed
by Senator Nilofer Bakhtiar and including representatives of PMDC and
HEC went to Cuba in February to work out a solution. They inspected
classrooms, teaching facilities, laboratories and living area of
students during their stay in Cuba. Tahir Abbas Zaidi, HEC
project director, said it was clarified that Pakistani students in Cuba
were studying in WHO-recognised institutions and, upon successful
completion of their degrees, would be recognised as doctors by
Pakistan. The ELAM will issue degrees, not certificates, to these
students, which were recognised by the HEC. The PMDC had
issued NoC for studying of medical education in the WHO-recognised
institutions in Cuba. It was made clear to all the students that they
would be required to pass a PMDC examination on return to Pakistan in
order to practise medicine here. All requirements of the PMDC were met
prior to selection and subsequent departure of the students for Cuba. Zaidi
said the scholarship was fully funded by the government of Cuba, which
included tuition fees, books, free laundry, halal food, lodging, health
insurance and other miscellaneous expenditure. The government of
Pakistan has approved $100 for each student as monthly pocket money. He
said the Cuban government was committed to completely underwriting all
costs for providing medical education to Pakistani students.
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Students delegation meets Senate chairman
Islamabad: A delegation of Pakistani students studying in Cuba met
Senate Chairman Farooq H Naik in the Parliament House on Thursday and
briefed him about their problems. The meeting was attended by Senator
SM Zafar, Standing Committee on Education chairman, Dr Sohail H Naqvi,
the HEC executive director, Prof Dr Riaz H Qureshi, advisor to HEC,
Raja Muhammad Amin, Senate secretary, and representatives of Foreign
Affairs Ministry. Daily times
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BIEK suspends affiliation of 16 colleges, schools: 4,000 students left in the lurch?
Karachi: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) has
suspended the affiliation of 16 colleges and higher secondary schools,
the board announced in a statement issued on Thursday. Despite
repeated reminders, these institutions did not have their registration
renewed from the concerned quarters, the statement said. It
quoted BIEK Chairman Prof Anwar Ahmed Zai as saying that 27
institutions, both government and private, were issued notices in
December in accordance with the requirements of the board. He said only
11 out of them fulfilled the required formalities. The remaining
16 were served final notices informing them that the students enrolled
there would not be able to appear in the HSC annual examinations. However,
he said that the academic year of around 4,000 students enrolled in
these institutions would not be allowed to go to waste and their
examination forms would be received through any of the affiliated
institutions. The parents of these students would be informed to admit
their wards to other institutions from the next academic year, he said. The
institutions whose affiliation was suspended by the BIEK were: Allama
Iqbal Intermediate Girls College Steel Town Bin Qasim, E Complex
College of Arts and Science Phase I Gulshan-i-Hadeed Bin Qasim Town,
Fatimid College (Boys Campus), Fatimid College (Girls Campus), TCF
Higher Secondary School, Liaquat College of Management Science,
Pakistan Steel Madar-i-Millat Girls Degree College Steel Town, Pakistan
Steel Shah Latif Boys College, Mariam Higher Secondary School, Dewa
Higher Secondary School, Alimia Institute of Islamic Studies
Intermediate Arts College, Ida Rieu Higher Secondary School for the
Blind and Deaf, College of Emerging Technologies, University College,
Memon Commerce College (Evening) and Gulshan College of Information
Technology. app
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Indian poets enthrall KU students
Karachi: The Audio-Visual Centre of the Arts Faculty, University
of Karachi (KU) was packed to the capacity with the students of the
Urdu Department. They were patiently waiting for the Indian poets who
were in the city to participate in Mushairas organized by the Jang
Group in connection with the initiative of 'Aman Ki Asha' in
association with the Times of India Group. The Department of
Urdu had invited acclaimed Indian poets including Nida Fazli, Khushbeer
Singh Shaad, Shahnaz Nabi, Ahmed Mahfooz and Tarannum Riaz for a lunch
as well as a poetry recital. This was done to get the students oriented
with their poetry and the message of love that they have brought from
India. The poets were accompanied by the Vice Chancellor KU Dr
Pirzada Qasim, Group Editor Jang Mahmood Sham and Chairman of the Urdu
Department Dr Zafar Iqbal. The Indian poets enthralled the
students and the teachers with their recitals of intricately woven
verses that spoke of love and care that the people of both the
countries had for each other. Prof Qasim welcomed the guests and
asked the students to ask questions to know the viewpoint of the Indian
poets and vice versa. The VC expressed his admiration about the
initiative by the Jang Group and hoped that others in Pakistan would
follow suit. Dr Zafar Iqbal talked about the literary
connection between the two countries and hoped that Urdu would become
the finest tool to bring the two countries on very cordial terms. "A
need, according that has failed to materialize for a long time and
could reach the logical conclusion now," he said. Dr Shahnaz
Nabi, a poet and Head, Department of Urdu, University of Calcutta,
voiced the opinion of many academics from India and requested the VC KU
to initiate an exchange of books between Indian and Pakistani
universities. Dr Qasim agreed to the proposal and added that he would
like to have exchange of the students between the universities. Dr
Shahnaz pointed out that she was aware of the fact that most of the
students in her department in her university were keen to visit
Pakistan. Nida Fazli, one of the finest living poets in India,
recited his poem about a young child who is going to school very early
in the morning. His vigour, hope, expectations of the child blends with
the hope for entire country and spreads to other nations as well. It
symbolized the hope of Indian and Pakistani people for a bright and
beautiful morning in their relationship. Sham thanked KU for
cooperating with his group in its endeavour and offered his group's
cooperation to the KU. The news
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