Instead of in an online classroom, students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMA) at Kragujevac the first day of the announced online classes is spent on the street - u blockade against the decision of the Teaching-Scientific Council on commencement classes.
Last week, the teaching-scientific council of that faculty decided to start online classes from April 22.
Because of this decision, the students took to the streets on Tuesday at eight in the morning, and their protest in front of the Institute of Dentistry should last until 15:XNUMX p.m.
In addition to the Institute of Dentistry, students are also blocking the FMA Institute, which is located within the Clinical Center.
"Online teaching is not an option"
The protest is held under the slogan "Online teaching is not an option", because students, among other things, believe that it is not good for those studying medicine. They claim that this puts their diplomas in jeopardy and say that health professionals cannot study online.
The FMA students during the blockade during the Easter holidays wrote an open letter to the doctors, noting that online teaching is not adequate, especially not for medical education, writes "Danas".
"It will be as the Plenum says. Classes will not start until our demands are met. We promise that we will emerge from our struggle as real health workers, and our education cannot be virtual. We will return to the faculty only when we heal the system," the students said.
"That is our message to those who want to teach us to heal people through the screen", they said, asking why their professors are silent, reports "Danas".
Online classes and deadlines for the beginning of the year
Let us remind you that online classes started last week at the Faculty of Medicine in Nis, and according to the students in the blockade, only five percent of students.
The start of online classes at the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Kragujevac coincides with another one in a series the deadlines given to the students by the authorities as the last so that the academic year does not fall.
Previously, March 15, then the beginning of April, then April 15 and April 22 were mentioned as deadlines.
The students with whom "Vreme" spoke have a firm position - there is no return to the benches until the demands are met.
Faculty blockades in Serbia they started in mid-November 2024 after the fall canopies Railway station in Novi Sad when 16 people died and one was seriously injured.
Source: Vreme/N1/Danas
