BY SWAGA FARAJ KAMOGA
Yesterday morning medical students of Makerere University Medical School and Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) carried out a peaceful demonstration on the 5:1 policy which was recently implemented by the government.
The policy states that the medics have to study their course for 5 full years and after do internship for 2 years which the students refer to as a wastage of time and resources as they take long to get jobs. The medics say that it would be better for them to study for 5 years with internship inclusive.
The demonstration in Makerere University started in the morning as final students were joined by the entire medical classes including year twos and ones and they demonstrated around the campus. The police captured some of the peer leaders and were taken for questioning.
The demonstration started earlier on at around 9 am in the rain and these students together with the guild top officials moved around the city showing how disgraced they are. It went on for three full hours and they didn’t destroy anyone’s property neither the property of the university.
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