According to the General Medical Council of United Kingdom (GMC), Medical graduates from nine universities in Nigeria will no longer be
able to obtain licenses to practice in the United Kingdom, following a
decision by the body to ban nine higher
institutions in Nigeria.
The GMC, a body of independent regulators which
registers medical doctors to practise in the UK, took the decision to
bar graduates from the nine universities from writing PLAB.
PLAB is the UK exam that enables non-UK Medical graduates to undertake post-graduate medical training in the country.
The
affected graduates are those who graduated after December 10, 2010 from
Ambrose Ali University, Ebonyi State University, Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology (LAUTECH), Nnamdi Azikiwe University,
University of Jos, University of Nigeria and the University of Port
Harcourt.
It also applies to those who graduated on or after
April 1, 2010 from Igbinedion University College of Health Sciences and
the University of Benin.
According to Jason Day of the GMC's
press office, the schools were axed because they no longer meet the
required standards for practise in the UK.
He added that the
Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) had also advised that they
suspend accreditation of some medical schools in the country.
“The
decision only applies to students who graduated from those medical
schools after the MDCN suspended their accreditation,” Day said
The Educational Sector needs to be given more attention otherwise the decaying infrastructures will be a major catalst for more brain drain in the country.
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