Kochi: The Trained Nurses' Association of India has asked the State Government to annul the admission notification by the Association of the Management of Christian Self Financing Nursing Colleges-Kerala denying admission to boy students in the management seats in certain colleges under it.
The Association in a statement said that no government order had stipulated admissions to girl students alone. The admission to professional colleges is conducted under the supervision of the Admission Supervisory Committee appointed by the Government. Both girls and boys have to get equal consideration in admission to nursing courses as per the standards stipulated by the Indian Nursing Council, Kerala Nursing Council and Kerala University of Health Sciences.
The Association also pointed out that as per the order of the Supreme Court, merit should be the basis for the management admission as well. "Hence the current notification violates all norms and standards," said its president Dr Sona P. S.
She pointed out that decades ago a government order issued based on a High Court order had removed the 1:10 boy-girl ratio in nursing admissions.
"It is to be noted that the government had issued NOC to these colleges in question, not as women's colleges. It is to be suspected that the agitations led by boys in certain colleges for them not adhering to the norms stipulated by the nursing council and KUHS, may have prompted the colleges to make such a move. This shows gender bias and challenges the rule of law. If such a move is persisted with, we will be forced to proceed legally against it," said Biju S. V., its secretary.
