Session jam, lack of teachers and facility make fate of over 350 students uncertain<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Session jam, teacher crisis, irregular classes and hence poor results have put at stake the future of 365 BSc course students of Chittagong Nursing College.
\nEstablished in 2007, the college is yet to produce its first batch of graduates.
\nAs for the academic progress, only six out of 51 students of the second batch (session 2008-09) came out successful in the second-year mid-term exams, according to the results published on February 16.
\nThis also plagued the third and fourth batches. Only 18 of 77 students of the third batch (session 2009-10) passed the first-year final exams while all the 88 students of the fourth batch (session 2010-11) failed in the first-year mid-term exams, said students.
\nThe first batch (session 2007-08) is still languishing in the third year with the second and third batches in the second year and the fourth and fifth batches in the first-year sessions. The fifth batch (session 2011-12) started classes in February this year.
\nAccording to students, inadequate number of teachers, holding exams without completing the courses, and lack of lab and library facilities are the main reasons behind the horrible results.
\nA second-year student, preferring anonymity, said their first-year course took two and a half years to finish.
\n\u201cWe got admitted to the college on December 27, 2008. Our first-year final examination was held in September 2010 and the results came out in May 2011,\u201d said the student.
\nAnother student of the second batch who failed in the first-year final exams, said most of the students of the college, including herself, had done well, secured at least GPA-4, in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams.
\n\u201cBut most of them failed in their yearly exams in the nursing college. According to teachers, the students are to be blamed for this,\u201d she said, asking, \u201cWhat choice do we have now, two and a half years after passing the HSC?\u201d
\nShe feared her studentship might get cancelled.
\n\u201cWe are allowed to sit for the supplementary examination twice. But a medical student can keep his or her studentship for up to 14 years, while the pass mark is the same, 60 percent, for both the groups,\u201d she said.
\nCollege sources said around 90 percent students of the college are female.
\n\u201cWe have only 15 teachers and many of them are not regular in classes. As far as the routine is concerned, we have five classes every day, but most of the time we get three,\u201d said a student of the first batch.
\n\u201cThe first batch of Rajshahi Nursing College, who started their session the same time we had, in 2007, is going to sit for the fourth-year final examination in three months, but we are still waiting for the third-year mid-term exam,\u201d he added.
\nHe said the students had observed a sit-in on the campus in last October demanding easing of session jam, timely exams, publishing of results in one and a half months after the exams, and money receipts when the fees are paid.
\nRepresentatives of the Directorate of Nursing Services (DNS) had signed and acknowledged the demands but to no effect, he added.
\nKazi Mustafa Sarwar, the outgoing director of DNS, said he had talked with the principal about the problems in Chittagong Nursing College.
\n\u201cThe demands of the students are fair. I will talk to the new DNS director about the matter. I hope the problems will be solved soon,\u201d he said.
\nHosne Ara Begum, principal of the college, said she had joined the institution just three months ago.
\nFor the poor results, she mainly blamed students’ weakness in English, inadequate attention to study, and a lack of quality teachers.
\n\u201cI am trying to resolve the problem of session jam,\u201d she said, adding that the college was also suffering from problems like shortage of manpower and fund.<\/p>\n

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