Vet interns lock institute
The interns of Barisal Veterinary Institute under Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) brought out procession on the campus yesterday demanding reinstatement of one-year internship in the course curriculum.
The students also locked the administrative and academic block of the institute at about 11:30am.
After the institute got recognition as an outer campus under the Faculty of Veterinary Science and Medicine of PSTU in 2008, previous two-years internship period was reduced to one year following the provision of the same faculties under Chittagong, Sylhet and Dinajpur public universities, interns said.
Now the PSTU authorities have reduced the internship period to six months and it will seriously affect the standard of education and professional skill of the veterinary science and medicine graduates, they said.
The interns said their movement will continue until the demand for reinstating the internship period to one year is met.
AKM Mustafa Zaman, dean in charge of the Faculty of Animal Science and
Veterinary Medicine of PSTU, said Bangladesh Agricultural University at Mymensing earlier reduced the internship period from one year to six months and the PSTU decided to do the same to maintain uniformity with other institutions.
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