Tamil Nadu seeks DCI nod for 2 new dental colleges with 100 seats each
Chennai: In a bid to encourage students to take up dentistry, Tamil Nadu (TN) government has asked permission from the Dental Council of India (DCI) to start two dental colleges in Virudhunagar and Pudukottai with 100 seats each for the academic session of 2021-2022.
These two dental colleges, if permitted, will increase the number of dental seats in Tamil Nadu by 200.
The proposed dental colleges will assist the government as well, as, the government is of the view that training more dentists and establishing facilities will help the government take tertiary dental care to people in rural areas.
Besides, it will also grow willingness among students in pursuing dentistry as many dental seats are reportedly found to be lying vacant in the past.
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A recent media report by the Times of India, in 2017-2018 academic sessions, at least 265 seats in the self-financing colleges were vacant. The number increased to 392 in the following year. After the completion of three rounds of counseling in June 2020, the numbers of vacant seats in the government dental colleges were more than a thousand. Even after getting an extension of three days by the State Selection Committee (SSC) 417 of 1,070 government seats and 640 of 690 management seats remained vacant.
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