De-recognition of Indian college hurts Malaysian students
Malaysia Sun
Friday 8th August, 2008
(IANS)
The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) has said it would write to the Medical Council of India (MCI) on the implication of the de-recognition of the Kasturba Medical College in Manipal in Karnataka, as it affects several Malaysian students.
It wants to know if the de-recognition is because the standard of teaching at the colleges has come down, The Star newspaper said Friday.
'The decision means that to a certain extent, the quality must have gone down,' a MMC spokesman said, adding that the recognition of doctors as well as medical programmes and institutions come under its purview.
Manipal is popular among Malaysian students. Students at the Melaka Manipal Medical College (MMMC) do three years of clinical training in Malaysia and two years of pre-clinical in India.
An official from the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) said the decision by the MCI would result in the public thinking that the quality of Manipal's medical degree had gone down.
'Students in Malaysia might be affected as they are studying in a university that has been de-recognised by its own council,' the spokesman said.
MCI announced last week that it would no longer recognise Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) courses offered by the Kasturba Medical Colleges in Manipal.
'There were several inadequacies in the college which would not allow students to benefit completely from the course,' Bernama quoted a senior MCI official as saying.
Manipal University Pro-Chancellor H.S. Ballal, however, said that although the MCI had de-recognised the institution, the ultimate decision would depend on the Indian health ministry.
'We have written to the health ministry and they have sent a team to observe the university.
'We have also submitted a report and the matter is still pending, and we hope to get a reply within two to three weeks,' he said.
Melaka MMC dean John Arokiasamy said MCI's decision would not affect its ongoing twinning programme.
2 comments:
Yes Manipal was great 55 years back. Right now it cannot keep up with standards. Staff are not suficient, students get a free degree. (Money pal) get it. Its motto is inspired by cash. Unless the management starts to pull its socks up this business venture would crash like dow jones. Lots of deans, vc, etc are pimps of the management and feed a false sense of security to the pai's. Most of the great faculty have also left Manipal as a whole that includes, manipal, mangalore, nepal,sikkim, malaysia etc. The guys who left were great teachers and clinicians. And now we are left with a few butt (Bhat, Bants etc) lickers who would not leave as they have no choice. And sometimes they do enjoy it. Most of them can be easily identified. Ask the students and ex faculty. They will definitely feed you with the right picture.
@Anonymous.
Im a Manipalite, and I know that Manipal is only getting better. (I have been here for 18 years... sure, less than 55, but I know that its not bad.)
Manipal is a great college. Faculty arent as bad as you make them out to be either.
Your strong language points to a probable personal prob that you might have had here. (GF left you?? ;) )
Please dont be so prejudiced, because many people read this.
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