Kashmiri Nursing College students in Limbo as School Delays Resolutions

by Sammah Masoodi

SRINAGAR: In 2017, twenty-five aspiring nurses submitted their functions below the Prime Minister’s Particular Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) and enrolled in a university in Rajasthan. Since their admission, these college students have turn into ensnared in an limitless battle between the school and the Rajasthan Nursing Council, nonetheless awaiting the tangible manifestation of their registration certificates.

Umair Shafiq, a scholar ensnared on this predicament, enrolled in Venkateshwar School, affiliated with Sai Tirupati College, Rajasthan, to pursue a BSc in Nursing. All through the four-year course, Shafiq and his friends had been misled with misguided assurances that the school had obtained registration. But, because the end result of their diploma approached, the Rajasthan Nursing Council declined to subject them the required registration certificates.

The dispute between the school and the Rajasthan Nursing Council led to the rejection of scholars’ functions. After ending the course in 2021 and a one-year hiatus, the school pursued authorized motion. Nevertheless, the Rajasthan Nursing Council issued a provisional certificates legitimate for 3 months.

Masood, from Baramulla, voiced his frustration, saying, “My father, a carpenter, invested his earnings in my training. Now, after 7 years, I’m at residence, unemployed, awaiting the court docket case’s decision.”

Shafiq lamented, “Seven years have handed, and we’re unable to proceed our research, safe hospital employment, and even apply for jobs. Some certified for aggressive exams, whereas others underwent teaching, however finally, all of us needed to abandon our pursuits.” Shafiq revealed, “We protested at school, looking for justice, however had been met with a lathi cost; a few of us even wound up within the hospital.” Expressing the extended misery, he added, “It’s been too lengthy, and it appears like residing in a state of trauma; now, even our households can’t assist us.”

The school chairperson uncared for to apprise them of the battle. Sameena, commenting on a pal who not too long ago married, conveyed, “My pal has given up hope of acquiring the diploma.”

On November 21, 2023, the Excessive Court docket of Judicature for Rajasthan at Jodhpur referred the case for a contemporary choice after eliciting responses from the respondents—the state authorities, Rajasthan Nursing Council, and Indian Nursing Council.

The J&Okay Nursing Council has rebuffed the scholars because of the unavailability of exhausting copies of their registration certificates. The scholars implore the administration of Jammu and Kashmir to research the matter, urging the court docket to expedite decision.

Efforts by Kashmir Life to contact school officers proved futile. Regardless of quite a few calls and messages, there was no response from the officers.