DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

112 medical students have finished their studies at the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) are asking that the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCYT) to allow the university to graduate them. This request was filed after the MESCYT ruled that these students were not eligible for graduation because they had finished their education online, affirming that the students needed to finish their practice in-person. This practice is also known as the Internship, which lasts for one full year, and would have ended in early May 2020, if it were not for Covid-19. It will be recalled that all of the interns serving in the public and private health facilities were withdrawn in mid-March after the epidemic’s onset.

The students argue they have completed their academic calendar online, as have students at many other universities...