The chronicle of the opposition to a private medical school has gone on unabated for too long now. But in this neck of the woods it seems that however committed and qualified you are it’s a darn tough proposition to even enter a state medical university. On the flip there have been cases of students sitting the ‘A’ Level exam from Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa Districts, with ‘C’ or ‘S’ passes entering State medical faculties. It asserts that SAITM lacks facilities for clinical training, but in the same breath objects to SAITM students obtaining their training from government hospitals. But wouldn’t it seem logical that not only SAITM but all state medical faculties too should be subjected to the same scrupulous scrutiny?

Source: The Nation February 17, 2017 18:33 UTC