The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has said the number of students training in medical colleges outside has been increasing because of restricted class quotas and failure of medical schools to meet their standards.
This comes after a total 443 graduates who attended medical school abroad sat for the council’s assessment tests to get the registration and licensing they need to practice in Nigeria.
Only 339 of them including 335 doctors and four dentists passed the council’s assessment examination after four months of remedial tutorials.
Speaking at the induction in Abuja, the council’s registrar, Dr Abdulmumini Ibrahim said increase in number of students sitting its twice-yearly assessment exams was “due to increase in students studying abroad because medical schools in Nigeria were unable to accommodate all students who passed university matriculation exams.” He also attributed the increase to failure of some medical schools to meet MDCN requirements and subsequent loss of their training status.
Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health, Linus Awute, represented by a director of the ministry, Dr Ngozi Onwudiwe, said Nigeria hopes the returning doctors would use their knowledge to give the citizens the best.
By: Judd-Leonard Okafor
Daily Trust News
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