Parents of Uniuyo dentistry students raise alarm over non-accreditation of courses

The Forum of Parents of Dental Students, University of Uyo, Uniuyo, Akwa Ibom State has raised the alarm implicit the non-accreditation of the dentistry programme successful the assemblage since its inception successful 2021.

The Forum expressed fearfulness that the students hazard spending other years if thing is done to forestall the looming world disaster.

They made this known connected Friday during a property league successful Uyo soon aft a peaceful protestation displaying placards with assorted inscriptions specified arsenic ‘Do not normalize other years for nonrecreational students’, ‘Save the aboriginal of Uniuyo Dental Students now’, ‘We cull unnecessary prolongation for our children’, among others.

Chairman of the Forum, Mr Sunday Elijah who spoke done Otuekong Vincent Udoh, expressed pessimism astir Uniuyo securing accreditation for the programme wrong the 1 twelvemonth and 4 months near for the graduation of the pioneer students, fixed lapses successful the accreditation requirements by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN.

The Forum regretted that the assemblage absorption has not invited the MDCN for an advisory sojourn fto unsocial an accreditation visit, saying that proactive measures should beryllium adopted by the institution, the Federal Government and the authorities authorities truthful that the students who are astatine the verge of graduation are not near s...