In what could be an eye-opener for the students opting for professional courses without checking the credibility of the institutions, the Gujarat High Court has refused to entertain a petition by a student, who had enrolled in a private ‘nursing’ institution unrecognised by the Indian Nursing Council.

The student had prayed to quash a decision by the Employment and Training Department that she cannot be given the certificate of passing an examination of nursing.

The petitioner has been identified as Jully Patel from Shahibaug. Jully had enrolled for the Certificate Course in Health and Social Nursing Care in 2007 offered by the Ahmedabad Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS). It is run by the Maharana Pratap Health Care Foundation in the Satellite area of Ahmedabad.

The course duration was two years. And when Jully inquired about the schedule of the examination after two years, AIMS officials intimated her about the letter they got from the office of the Employment and Training Department in August 2009.

The department had asked the institute to delete the word

‘nursing’ from the name of the course and certificate since they did not take the mandatory permission from the Indian Nursing Council and the Gujarat Nursing Council.

Shocked by the revelation, Jully moved the HC through her counsel, Pradeep Patel.

There are two more such institutions in the state, one each in Visnagar and Mehsana, and students of which will not get the certificate of nursing as per the decision of the Employment and Training Department.

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