Medical students angry over university exam timetable

EyeWitness News 09 November 2019

Medical students are furious over a decision by the University of Zimbabwe's College of Health Sciences to schedule examinations in three weeks’ time. The students said they would be assessed on things they should have been taught by doctors who’ve been on strike for the past two months, reports EyeWitness News.

In a letter to their dean, the University of Zimbabwe medical students said many of them had missed out on bedside training and clinical assessments done during ward rounds. The doctors who were supposed to oversee this part of the course have been on strike since early September. The students said despite being given assurances that their finals would be postponed, the College of Health Sciences has now set 25 November for the exams. They want that decision reversed.

There’s still no end in sight for the doctors’ strike, with the government saying it could not afford to meet their demand for local salaries indexed to the US dollar.
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