J&K, Centre working on policy for Ukraine returned medical students to continue study

Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has said that the government is working with the Centre on a policy so that Ukraine returned medical students can complete their studies in India.

After the West Bengal and Karnataka government, now Jammu and Kashmir government has also come in support of Ukraine returned medical students and have assured them that the government is working with the Centre to tackle the issue of continuation of their studies in the country.

Amid the Russia-Ukraine war, India woke up to the fact that many of its medical students are migrating to other countries to pursue undergraduate medical courses due to the high medical education cost and reservation system in India. Scores of Indian medical students were evacuated from the troubled country Ukraine but while their lives are safe in the country, these students and their parents are worried about their future as their studies have been disrupted due to the ongoing war.

Recently, West Bengal and Karnataka government have announced that Ukraine returned medical students can continue their education in the state's medical colleges.

Jammu and Kashmir administration has announced that they will work out a plan to help these students in continuing their education in India.

J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said "Both the Government of India and the Jammu and Kashmir government are working on a policy so they (the students) can complete their studies in the country itself," as reported by edexlive.

J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha met Ukraine returned medical students

A group of MBBS students who have returned to J&K from Ukraine met Lt Governor Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan to share their experiences about how they were evacuated from the war zone and reached their homes safely. 

The students thanked Central Government for their evacuation and also thanked the Jammu and Kashmir administration for working as a bridge between the parents and the government. 

The MBBS students also shared their worries regarding their studies as they cannot go back to Ukraine immediately in wake of the ongoing war. They requested the government to help them in continuing their studies in India on humanitarian grounds.

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