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Hundreds of Indians lose jobs, several demoted over new educational requirement in UAE

Several nurses who have enrolled for the programmes in different universities were now facing another crisis -- their requests for equivalency certificate for their diploma certificates were getting rejected.

India TV News Desk Edited by: India TV News Desk New Delhi Updated on: October 15, 2019 12:00 IST
Indian nurses lose jobs in UAE
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Indian nurses lose jobs in UAE

More than 200 Indian nurses working in the UAE have lost their jobs, while several others have been demoted. The development comes after the UAE made a bachelor's degree in nursing as the minimum educational qualification for registered nurses. According to some of the affected, nurses with diploma certificates, who continue to be retained were required to do a Post Basic BSc Nursing Programme from universities in the UAE accredited by the Ministry of Education (MoE) by 2020.

However, several nurses, who have enrolled for the programmes in different universities, were now facing another crisis -- their requests for equivalency certificate for their diploma certificates were getting rejected.

The MoE is issuing equivalency certificate for diploma certificates obtained from the state of Kerala, the nursing council of which is the only Indian nursing body recognised by the ministry, the affected nurses said.

Kerala sends the highest number of nurses to the country.

"Majority of us are hailing from Kerala itself, but we studied outside Kerala for our nursing diploma courses. A few nurses from other Indian states are also facing the same issue," said one of the affected nurses.

"Many of us have already lost our jobs and now we are unable to continue our studies and apply for another job, leaving us in a 'do or die' situation," said another.

The nurses said they would approach India's Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan, who is scheduled to visit the UAE this week, seeking his urgent intervention to solve the issue.

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