Students’ protest against Cuba continues

[naaman fletcher]

ISLAMABAD: A goodwill gesture by the Cuban government offering scholarships to around 1,000 Pakistani medical students has become a nightmare for a few.

Talking to Daily Times, the six students deported from Cuba shortly alleged that the Cuban colleges were ill-equipped and quality of education lower than Pakistan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\02\story_2-4-2010_pg7_26

[Billy Burnett]

1. You omitted the most salient details. (How convenient.)

you used such selectivity in extracting the couple of sentences that the most important points were omitted.

These six were among the 15 students were arrested for violating laws in Cuba. They and their parents have staged a protest in front of Higher Education Commission (HEC) building in Sector H-9 in favour of their demands.

The HEC has issued a press release stating that a comprehensive certificate, addressing all issues, was signed by the Cuban deputy minister for health and endorsed by the PMDC representative, who went to Cuba for resolution of this matter.

A total of 932 Pakistani students are currently undertaking medical studies in Cuba on full scholarship. The first batch of these students has completed two years of study along with a comprehensive course in Spanish language and is ready to initiate third-year classes, while the second batch has entered second year of study. The case for resolution of the problems faced by these Pakistani students in Cuba was taken up by the Senate Standing Committee on Health and National Assembly Standing Committees on Health and Education. Both these committees worked deliberated on the issue.

A delegation headed by Senator Nilofer Bakhtiar and including representatives of PMDC and HEC went to Cuba in February to work out a solution. They inspected classrooms, teaching facilities, laboratories and living area of students during their stay in Cuba.

Tahir Abbas Zaidi, HEC project director, said it was clarified that Pakistani students in Cuba were studying in WHO-recognised institutions and, upon successful completion of their degrees, would be recognised as doctors by Pakistan. The ELAM will issue degrees, not certificates, to these students, which were recognised by the HEC.

[naaman fletcher]

2. Yeah I wonder what laws...

Probably illegally surfing the web.

[Mika]

3. You're the "expert"*.

expert* - in this case, someone who has never been
to the island, and knows nothing about Cuba, and yet
feels the Pavlovian urge to post utter BS about Cuba..

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