Lack of qualified permanent teachers affecting studies, says students’ union chairman
Lack of qualified permanent teachers affecting studies, says students’ union chairman
Just when the shortage of teachers at the Government Medical College, Kozhikode, is in the news, students of paramedical courses there have said that they do not even have permanent faculty posts except for one course and the Health department has not been addressing their concerns.
According to functionaries of the students’ union, there are five Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) courses and nine diploma courses in the paramedical category at the medical college. A total of around 250 undergraduate students are attending the B.Sc courses in Medical Lab Technology (MLT), Optometry, Cardiovascular Technology, Perfusion Technology, and Dialysis Technology.
Permanent posts of teachers, however, have not been created for these courses, except for B.Sc (MLT). Even in this course, the number of posts created is not…