The first tests of the qualifying semester for medical school admissions are coming under scrutiny among students. According to the University Students' Union (UDU), the exam days were a "consecutive series of errors and disorganization."
The association reports having received "dozens of reports of irregularities, circulated online and through private channels," and announces its readiness to file a class action. The goal: to request that all affected students be granted additional admission and be admitted to the first designated location. "The restricted number of places must be abolished, not reinvented," the UDU argues.
The Ministry of Universities and Research takes a different view. Minister Anna Maria Bernini defends the new selection model, introduced this year in place of the traditional entrance exam. "Anyone who tries to undermine universities is killing any idea of a future," she states. Bernini champions the reform that moves the selection process within the university: "For the first time, we have created in-university training for future doctors: we don't select them outside the university gates, but give them a semester to train and take exams."
For the minister, therefore, the outcome of the initial tests is "absolutely positive." Bernini is already looking ahead to the next round: "We're waiting for those who didn't make it or the crafty ones, who we hope will learn from the experience, at the second exam on December 10th."
(Unioneonline/Fr.Me.)
