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UHS Students Protest over Errors in Results
« on: May 04, 2010, 08:26:07 PM »
UHS Students Protest over Errors in Results

Lahore, May 04: Students of public and private medical colleges held a protest demonstration against alleged errors in results of MBBS first professional part-II supplementary 2009, and MBBS second professional supplementary examinations.

More than 200 students of Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Nishtar Medical College, Multan, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, and private medical colleges including CMH Medical College, Lahore Medical and Dental College, FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, held a protest demonstration in front of the UHS. They blocked Shahra-e-Jamia-e-Punjab for two hours to register their protest against examination system and allegedly detaining more than 300 students because of errors in compilation and declaration of results. They were holding placards inscribed with their demands and raising slogans against the UHS administration for detaining such a huge number of students, which they said was unprecedented.

Students claimed that university administration ousted all qualified staff of university particularly from the Examination Department, which was presently staffed by unqualified people not trained for the job who had made errors in preparation of results. They also alleged that the UHS had also been passing students on the basis of favouritism through reassessment in violation of rules and regulations.

They demanded the varsity give them "carry on" or allow them a chance to appear in "supra suppli". They informed that the VC initially refused to meet them but later told them to submit their applications for rechecking. According to them, the VC also issued threats to them and called police to disperse them. Students announced that they would boycott classes in all medical colleges and hold a protest demonstration on Tuesday (today) on The Mall, which would continue until acceptance of their demands.

When contacted, the UHS spokesman said that students were challenging their results without any solid reason as, according to him, the MBBS 1st Professional Part-II Supplementary Examination 2009 had shown 71 pass percentage and MBBS 2nd Professional Supplementary Examination 2009 79 pass percentage, which was more than the annual result of the same examinations. He said that students were also raising unjust demand of awarding "carry on" or "supra suppli", which was against the rules and regulations.

He also denied students' allegations, saying the UHS had trained examination staff therefore there was no chance of errors in compilation of results. "Students have the backing of political elements from protesting employees of the UHS to blackmail the university," he added. The news