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Selangor Stops Sending Medical Students To CSMU

Selangor will stop sending medical students to Crimea State Medical University (CSMU) in Ukraine following the decision by the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) to de-recognise the university's medical degree programmes.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo said the present 25 students from Selangor at CSMU, who received government education loans, would be the last to be sent there unless the MMC reinstated its recognition.
The state, however, would continue to send medical students to Russia, and the next group of 13 students would go there in September, he told reporters after the State Executive Council meeting, Wednesday.
"The more places we send our students to, the better it would be because we can gain from the medical experience of other countries," he said.
Dr Mohd Khir said he would visit CSMU soon to reassure the Selangor students that they could continue studying at the university.
He said they did not need to fear because their degrees would still be recognised by MMC, which would only withdraw its recognition for the programmes starting with the January 2006 intake.
Among the reasons given by MMC for withdrawing its recognition was the sudden increase in the number of students accepted into the university from Malaysia, which rose to 1,366 last month from only 53 in 2001.
It said the sharp increase could harm teaching quality.