The management of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, may have down the seed of trouble by asking medical students to sign an understanding while sitting for their Part 1 MBBS examination.
The undertaking requires the students to agree to three conditions: Wait for available space to continue their course; enrol in an 18-month BSc programme in Anatomy or Physiology to stay occupied; and commit to regular fee payments during the waiting period.
The conditions in the undertaking read:
“I hereby undertake as follows:
“1. After my Part 1 MBBS (Professional) Examination, I will undertake an 18-month intercalated BSc programme in Anatomy or Physiology in the College of Medicine.
“2. I will wait until anytime there is space for me to proceed to clinical (400 level) before I will do so.
“3. I will continue to pay school fees as a medical student.”
However, a 300-level medical student has queried the institution for asking students to sign such an undertaking, which could prolong the duration of their stay in the school to over 12 years.
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Sharing the undertaking on his X handle, the student, identified online as #poeticmedic, wrote: “Forcing students to sign an undertaking like this on the day of their exam is madness. Even cults don’t operate like this. You’re asking people who have already spent five years in the school to sign away their future and every opportunity to get justice?
Sharing the undertaking on his X handle, the student, identified online as #poeticmedic, wrote: “Forcing students to sign an undertaking like this on the day of their exam is madness. Even cults don’t operate like this. You’re asking people who have already spent five years in the school to sign away their future and every opportunity to get justice?
“These are children with dreams. How can a school be so shameless? They paid their fees, paid all the money you asked for, the government paid your salaries, and this is how you’re going to treat your students? Is it because your children are not here? Are we not someone’s child?
“The undertaking also prohibits students from engaging in protests or acts that could harm the college and university’s image. The directive was issued on the day of their examination.”