Chhattisgarh Govt dental college denied permission for MDS course 13-03-2015
RAIPUR: The Raipur Government Dental
College has yet again been denied permission to commence Post graduate course
of Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) by the Dental Council of India (DCI) due to
staff shortage. Incidentally, this is the fifth time in a row that the college
has failed to get the DCI nod for the course.
Confirming it, Dr B Mishra, Principal
of dental college said the DCI decision comes as a surprise as inspection due
before February was not been conducted by the council despite reminders for the
same. He said, "The staff deficiency, as pointed by the DCI, is to the
effect of only three doctors. Our infrastructure is totally complete and these
vacancies can be filled at short notice".
The Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare put out a list of colleges approved by the DCI on its website on
Thursday and the name of the Dental College is missing from it. Two Bilaspur
based private colleges, Triveni Institute of Dental Science Hospital and
Research Centre and New Horizon Dental College & Research Institute figure
in the list of colleges that have been approved by the DCI for starting
/increasing of seats.
The government dental college, which
witnessed a dismal response for its bachelor course in dental surgery (BDS)
last year, with only six of 100 seats being filled, was earlier also denied
approval for the MDS course on account of inadequate faculty. The college had
in fact applied for the DCI approval twice last year but had failed to get the
required clearance.
Sources said the failure of the
authorities to attract requisite talent to fill the vacant posts despite so
many attempts raises serious questions on its management and the support it
receives from the government. Insiders blame the government's
"flawed" recruitment rules for the current mess. "Its shameful
that while private colleges keep getting approvals, the government college
meets this fate", said an official.
2014 was perhaps the worst year for
the government dental college as only 6 of the 100 seats were filled. The
overall response was so bad that the government had also surrendered its 250
quota seats in the five private dental colleges across the state, as they also
remained vacant. |