Medical grads see red with MMC


The council's decision to concede a local in isolation university to run offshore programmes in 3 unrecognised Ukranian universities has got a healing graduates crying foul.
PETALING JAYA: Medical graduates from 3 unrecognised Ukranian universities have been seeing red with a Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) for allowing a local university to run an offshore programme with those universities.
FMT learnt which final week, a vast organisation of overseas healing graduates as well as their relatives met with MMC president Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman to vent their frustration.
"About 300 students as well as relatives had collected though usually 40 of us were taken in to encounter with Hasan as well as other officials," a healing connoisseur pronounced on condition of anonymity.
"Our design is to get an explanation from MMC per a Medical Qualifications Exam (MQE) though you have been sad since Hasan did not answer our questions," he said, referring to a hearing which graduates from unrecognised universities contingency lay for in order to practise here.
He claimed which MMC was some-more interested in a gratification of in isolation universities as against to which of students.
"Just look during Lincoln University College (LUC). They will make millions with a blessing of MMC," he added.
A check by FMT showed which MMC had given a immature light to LUC to run offshore programmes in 3 Ukrainian universities unrecognised by a Public Service Department (PSD).
The 3 universities were a Ternopil State Medical University, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University as well as Ivano Frankivsk National Medical University.
LUC was a usually loca! l univer sity to obtain an approval from MMC to run offshore programmes in unrecognised universities.
"Why did LUC embrace such a special privilege?" asked a student, who graduated from a Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.
"The actual cost of completing a healing degree in Ukraine is between RM120,000 as well as RM130,000. But with Lincoln being a intermediary, a cost will now expand to about RM200,000 (with accomodation)," he said.

'This is unfair'
Furthermore, a tyro pronounced which with a Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) having given its approval, students you do these offshore programmes would embrace higher preparation loan supports (PTPTN).
"PTPTN loan is usually given to those studying in local institutions which have been MQA-approved," he added.
He additionally forked out which whilst a Malaysian envoy to Ukraine had suggested which a Ukranian university could usually enrol 50 Malaysian students if recognised, MMC however postulated LUC 300 seats for a 3 universities.
"So LUC would consequence about RM70,000 from any tyro as well as RM21 million in total from a 300 seats," he added.
The tyro additionally asked because MMC appointed a third party (LUC), which resulted in students having to pay more, when a 3 universities had submitted a proposal to MMC directly to be recognised.
He additionally accused LUC of dubious a students by claiming which a programmes in Ukraine would be conducted in their offshore campus.
"Those 3 universities have been Ukrainian government universities as well as their staff have been paid by a Ukrainian government. There is no evidence of LUC building an offshore campus in Ukraine," he said, adding which Lincoln was merely operating as a recruiting agent to send students abroad.
The tyro additionally pronounced which those who complete a LUC offshore programme would not need to lay for a MQE on their lap! se to Ma laysia, whereas he being a approach tyro of a single of a universities, was forced to lay for it.
"This is really unfair. Why has MMC given this payoff to LUC students when a syllabus have been a same? We wish an explanation," he added.

LUC: We'll control classes
When contacted, LUC's marketing manager Murtado Alao pronounced LUC was usually using a Ukrainian universities' facilities though a training would be conducted by LUC's educational staff.
"It's an offshore programme. The students, on graduating, will get their healing degrees from LUC, not a Ukrainian universities," he said, adding which their course was recognized by a MMC, a MQA as well as a Higher Education Ministry.
He combined which even their exams would be conducted by LUC, under a despotic supervision of MMC.
As for a programme cost, Murtado pronounced it would be RM180,000 as well as not RM200,000. "The price is inclusive of accommodation. No dark costs involved," he added.
When a matter was referred to Hasan, he redirected a e-mail queries to a single Dr Ghani in LUC for response.
[main print taken from LUC website]
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