West Bengal government announces plan to accommodate Ukraine-returned students in state colleges

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced to accommodate students from the state who had to leave their studies in Ukraine due to the RussiaUkraine war while blaming the Central government for not taking any responsibility of these studentsAddressing a press conference at the state secretariat in Nabanna Banerjee said that it is not possible for these students to spend a huge amount again for their education in another foreign countryTwo months on the Central government has not yet taken any responsibility for the students who have returned from Ukraine They have just asked the students to go to Poland and Hungary for their studies But we have chalked out an idea as it is not possible for the students to spend a huge amount again for their education in another foreign country The Chief Secretary education secretary medical health secretary have all been part of the plan she saidAccording to the West Bengal government a total of 422 people were brought back to West Bengal from Ukraine Out of which 412 are medical students 409 MBBS students and three Dental students Total of six Engineering students and one Veterinary student Along with the students there were three labourersAfter a meeting of the state official and Ukraine returned students on March 16 CVs along with all other particulars from the returnees were collected and shared with the concerned Departments for their admission For Sixthyear medical students a total of 23 students will be allowed to undergo an internship at Government Medical Colleges as per normsFor the Fifth year and fourthyear students 43 92 135 students will be allowed to undergo Observing seat at different medical colleges in a distributed manner ie 1520 students per college said the Chief MinisterFor the thirdyear and secondyear students total 9379 172 they will be allowed to attend practical classes at the different governmentsFor firstyear and secondyear studentstotal 78 all those who are NEET qualified for the current year 2021 ie a total 69 students have been allowed to appear for counsellingimmediately at private Medical Colleges against the management quota seats for fresh admission Colleges have been requested to offer concessions in fees charged to these students said the Chief MinisterAll the six Engineering students have been offered seats in private engineering colleges under the JIS group two of them have joined and others are in the process of joining stated the release from the SecretariatFor the Dental students one student who has completed his studies will be allowed to do his internship at the Government Dental College in Kolkata while the remaining two students in the second year will be allowed to do observership and practical classes at the government dental collegesVeterinary student Aniket Banerjea has been provided admission at the West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences in the ensuing sessionOut of the three workers who have returned from Ukraine two persons Amit Biswas and Samir Biswas have been accommodated as DRW Casual worker with the Nadia DM office and their family are also being provided with a loan to start a small business The third person Suman Adhikari has left for a job in Dubai the state government mentionedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever