AHS students struggle politically motivated – Dr. De Zoysa
BY UMESH MORAMUDALI- May 20, 2014
Nursing unions who feign concern about Allied Health Science (AHS) students should provide jobs to AHS graduates in the positions of matron and sister, said GMOA Media spokesman Dr. Naveen de Zoysa. He said that although nurses pretend that they stand for rights of the AHS students, nurses genuinely do not support graduates.
"According to the Service minute of nurses, a maximum of 25% graduates are recruited as nurses and in previous years AHS graduates had to start from the same level as nurses despite being graduates. If nurses are so keen about AHS students why then can't they allow AHS graduates to enter the health services as matrons or sisters?" he queried. He noted that trade unions support for the struggle of AHS students, was not for the benefit of students, but for political ends.
"All those political parties and trade unions want universities to be closed, to get political benefits.
Dr. Zoysa noted although students claimed that the duration of the AHS degree was reduced students who got high Z score marks in A/L can do the four years degree.
"AS per the information we have 60% of the students who follow AHS degree in Peradeniya University have been given the opportunity to do a four year degree as they got a sufficient Z score. This is the usual procedure regarding special degree programmes," he noted.
He also added that Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) can come for the discussions with GMOA regarding the matter, but so far IUSF had shown no intention of resolving the issue through discussions.
BY UMESH MORAMUDALI- May 20, 2014Nursing unions who feign concern about Allied Health Science (AHS) students should provide jobs to AHS graduates in the positions of matron and sister, said GMOA Media spokesman Dr. Naveen de Zoysa. He said that although nurses pretend that they stand for rights of the AHS students, nurses genuinely do not support graduates.
"According to the Service minute of nurses, a maximum of 25% graduates are recruited as nurses and in previous years AHS graduates had to start from the same level as nurses despite being graduates. If nurses are so keen about AHS students why then can't they allow AHS graduates to enter the health services as matrons or sisters?" he queried. He noted that trade unions support for the struggle of AHS students, was not for the benefit of students, but for political ends.
"All those political parties and trade unions want universities to be closed, to get political benefits.
Dr. Zoysa noted although students claimed that the duration of the AHS degree was reduced students who got high Z score marks in A/L can do the four years degree.
"AS per the information we have 60% of the students who follow AHS degree in Peradeniya University have been given the opportunity to do a four year degree as they got a sufficient Z score. This is the usual procedure regarding special degree programmes," he noted.
He also added that Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) can come for the discussions with GMOA regarding the matter, but so far IUSF had shown no intention of resolving the issue through discussions.
