Union minister stays mum over his comment on ‘students failing to clear medical exams’ in India
Union minister stays mum over his comment on ‘students failing to clear medical exams’ in India
The Minister of Comparative for Law and Parliament Pralhad Joshi has attracted criticism of his statement about Indian students who failed to meet the medical exam requirements in India.
On Tuesday, talking to media people in Besavavi, he said, “Ninety-percent of Indians who learn medical abroad failed to clear the qualification examination in India. This is not the right time to debate why students move to learn medicine.”
On Wednesday, when he visited the fourth Medical Student House Naveen SG, who was killed in Ukraine, in Chalageri Village, the media asked him about the statement he had made on Tuesday. However, he did not respond to questions and said that he had spoken with Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and the latter had told him that all efforts were made to bring the remnants of mortal naveen and evacuate the remaining students from Ukraine.
Meanwhile, former Head of the Head of Karnataka and Janna Dal (secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy said he was surprised by Joshi’s statement.
Kumaraswamy said, “After introducing the national feasibility test (NEET), medical education has become a business. Students such as Naveen who secure 97 percent cannot get medical seats. It has become difficult for poor students and middle class to get medical chairs in India.”
The President of the DK State Congress Shivakumar said that Joshi’s statement was not sensitive and said that there were 63 medical colleges in the state but most of the people who learned in these institutions came from other parts of the country, while Karnataka students could not get medical seats.
