Eighteen student unions today announced a joint struggle program against the Institute of Medicine (IoM), Tribhuvan University, for not exercising inclusive and proportionate principle while admitting students in MBBS and Post Graduate level.

Organising a press meet here in Kathmandu today, the 18 student unions said they were going to padlock the IoM Dean’s office if it failed to stop distributing forms for the Post Graduate entrance examination in various subjects.

According to student unions, they will

be submitting an ultimatum to the Vice Chancellor of TU, and Dean of IoM tomorrow giving them till June 10 to stop form distribution.

Ashok Yadav, president, Madhesi Students’ Forum-Nepal said that if TU failed to stop form distribution, they would padlock IoM from June 11 and announce further protest programmes. He said, “At a time when many important organisations have already applied the inclusive and participatory principle, IoM was not following the same going against the spirit of the Constitution.” He said, they would stage stern protest program if IoM failed to correct its decision and pave the way for admission of Dalits, Indigenous people and people from other groups.

Other demands of students include doubling students’ admission in IoM, ending irregularities in the name of foreign students, making the student selection process transparent and decent. The IoM had asked

for online submission of entrance form. The form was opened from May 30 till June 13, 2014. Entrance examination for MPH/MPHN/MPHE and MSc Clinical

Biochemistry will be held on June 20, while entrance examinations for MD/MS/MDS and other PG programmes will be held on June 21.

IoM had allocated seats like Nepalese subsidised, Nepalese paying, Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) quota, IoM sponsored, MoHP recommended government agencies and foreign paying.

Nepalese and foreign students will be sitting for the same exam.

source: the himalayan times,9 june 2014