The inadequate infrastructure facilities and lack of proper faculty at the MNR Medical College and Hospital in Sangareddy of Medak district of Telengana state has forced 27 Naga students to quit the medical course.

According to sources, a few students from the state of Nagaland had taken admission at MNR Medical College to pursue medical education, but after joining the college, the students were shocked to know that there are no proper infrastructure facilities and faculty available at the college. Having learned this, the Naga students have decided to leave for their home state.

All the 27 students who joined in the physiotherapy course in the management quota at MNR Medical College are now demanding the college management to return their certificates. However, the college management is in no mood to return their certificates and wants the students to pay full course fees if in case they leave the course in between the academic year.

According to Tongpang Qzukum, chief advisor of the Naga Students Federation (NSF), the college management is not allowing the students to move out of the campus as it fears the students will leave the college without intimation. “The students are totally dissatisfied with the college infrastructure or the faculty and want to return back to Nagaland. But the college is insisting students to pay their four-year fees and withholding the certificates,” says Tongpang.

Reacting to the development, Prof T Papi Reddy, chairman Telangana State Council for Higher Education (TSCHE) said that the government has taken cognizance of the issue and is planning to serve notice to the management of the MNR Medical College.

In fact for all the Naga students who have joined MNR College, the fee will be reimbursed by the central government. But if the students leave in between the academic year, the central government will not reimburse fees and the managements will be at loss as it does not even have the chance to refill the vacant seats after one month of commencement of classes, according to the MCI regulations.

Medical education analysts in the state are of the view that majority of private medical colleges are having the problem of inadequate infrastructure and lacking proper teaching faculty. If this problem is solved, all other problems will be solved.