At least 70 students of the first batch of the Faculty of Medicine at the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka are facing uncertainty over the qualification status of their degree.
Issuing a statement, the students pointed out that despite being a state university that opened in 2019, the MBBS degree offered by this institution is currently not recognized by the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC).
They revealed that this situation at this government-funded university has resulted in creating uncertainty over their future to work as doctors in Sri Lanka.
“We are the final year medical students of this government-funded university which was opened in 2019. But we were recently informed by the SLMC that, although we are a state university, the MBBS degree offered by our university cannot be accepted by the SLMC and hence as of now our MBBS degree is not valid and recognized in our country to work as doctors in the future,” they said.
The students point out that this problem has arisen due to the irresponsible actions of the university administration, and the relevant stakeholders of the government, including the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Higher Education.
“We have only another 10 months for our final MBBS examination in October 2024 and if we are not given a proper solution to start our final year clinical training, we will fail to sit for this exam,” they revealed.
A silent protest was held earlier this week by the first batch of medical students from the Faculty of Medicine at the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, demanding a solution to the issue, including a proper Final-Year-Clinical-Training program and a Professorial Unit. (NewsWire)
