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Boycotting nursing students: 'The problem is not with us…'

Hundreds of third-year nursing students at Ann Latsky Nursing College in Johannesburg are boycotting their exams after complaining that they were not adequately prepared for the general nursing exam they wrote last week. The Times quotes a student as saying: “The problem is the lecturer. If the problem was with us‚ we would be failing all our other subjects.”

Students said they had a high number of failures and dropouts in the college because of a lack of adequate preparation‚ which they had raised with the authorities in April. On Monday‚ the students refused to write their second exam in community nursing science and decided to hold a sit-in protest at their campus.

Gauteng Health  spokesperson Lesemang Matuka said in the report that officials were meeting the students‚ adding “we are committed to resolving issues raised.”

This exam protest comes after University of Limpopo students stormed out of an exam centre at the end of August‚ initially complaining their philosophy paper was too difficult and later saying that it was the wrong exam paper. According to the report, the university said that it was the correct exam but there may have been an incorrect course number on the cover.

[link url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-10-17-student-nurses-complain-about-unfair-exam/"]The Times report[/link]

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