New Delhi: With only a day to go to reception to postgraduate seats in the treatment of teeth and more than half of the remaining chairs are not filled, the associations of medical and private teeth on Tuesday appeal to the Indian and Government Dental Council to reduce the percentile cut -off so that more candidates can qualify for entry.
College also hopes that the November 10 deadline for reception will be extended.
The seat of about 10-12% of post-gear chairs (MDS) has been empty every year since 2018.
In 2015, there were no takers for nearly 44% of seats, but vacancies had been reduced since then.
Of 6,658 MDS seats where the Neet PG entrance was carried out, only 2,950 (44%) were met on November 8, showing a member of the Dental Council which added that the university hoped for a qualification percentile reduction as carried out in previous years.
“This year, of the 27,580 candidates who took the entrance, went with the cut-off of the 16,300 qualifying qualifying Of the three times the number of seats or vacancies, the cut-off percentile will be automatically lowered to ensure that the qualified candidate will do it at least three times the number of seats in each category, “explained Dr.
Keshv Agrawal from the Association of Medical College and Private Teeth.
Therefore, universities expect a reduction in qualification percentile.
The private dental school wants Neet to be removed because it is proven to be a barrier in filling the chair despite lowering the cut-off, a DCI member said, adding that the board was not fully happy by subjecting the standard.
Members added that even though frozen opened a private dental college, there were more than 27,200 BDS seats and 6,658 MDS seats.
Of the total MDS seats, less than 900 are in government universities.
Of the 320 dental colleges, less than 60 is the government.
“There are too many private dental colleges that offer a bachelor’s degree in dentistry (BDS) and MDS seats.
This has caused a glut and most dentists do not have job opportunities.
The work they get mostly pays a very bad salary, Rs 15,000 -20,000 per month.
In fact, most BDS graduates prefer to do post-graduation in scientific disciplines such as hospital administration or public health because it offers more employment opportunities and the choice paid better than investing in a much more expensive postgraduate degree Dentistry, “explained BDS graduates.
Who does post graduation in public health after failing to get a decent job as a dentist.
“The seats in non-clinical subjects such as public health medicine, oral pathology and oral drugs are those who usually do not have the takers.
We have proposed to the government to enable us to take BDS graduates to fill this chair so that there will be no shortforts in college tall teeth in the future, “said Dr.
Agrawal.
More than 50% of post-postgraduate seats still have not been filled
