External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday that India is in talks with countries like Hungary, Romania, Kazakhstan and Poland to continue the education of students expelled from Ukraine. Replying to a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the situation in Ukraine, Jaishankar said that the Ukrainian government has also offered exemptions to students to take two major exams in their medical education courses.
He said that the Ukrainian government has decided that students from the third to fourth years will be given a discount regarding promotion. “The compulsory CROC exam has been postponed to the next academic year. As far as sixth year students are concerned, the degree will be awarded without taking the mandatory CROC-2 exam. The criterion would be academic performance only,” Jaishankar told the House. He said Hungary had offered to allow students expelled from Ukraine to complete medical courses in their universities.
“Apart from Hungary, there were proposals from other countries. We are in contact with Hungary, Romania, Kazakhstan and Poland about continuing education for students expelled from Ukraine. Because these countries have similar education systems,” he said. He said the education and health ministries had been made aware of the matter and were exploring ways on how those deported from Ukraine could continue their education.
The minister told the members that the finance ministry has also asked banks to assess the impact of the Ukraine crisis on the educational loans given by them to students in Ukraine. “There are 1,319 students who have outstanding loans,” he said.
At that time many universities refused to offer online courses, he said, adding that one university in Kyiv said it could not convert to an online system. “There was one in Odessa who said that we can take online classes only till February 25. A university in Kharkiv – the embassy kept calling them and even sent someone to visit – they were unwilling to meet.” Some universities suggested that students should stay back as things would not be serious, they said.
Citing reports at the time that Russia was withdrawing some of its units, Jaishankar said that when he personally checked it out of Ukraine, he was asking the students not to panic as they could not control things. can do. He said that such signaling has put the students in a dilemma.
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