DCI Issues Notice to Prevent BDS, MDS Admission Irregularities in Dental Colleges, notifies on penalty
New Delhi- Through a recent notice, the Dental Council of India (DCI) has urged the MCC, all counselling authorities, Universities and DMEs to take necessary steps to implement the recommendations of the Detailed project Report (DPR) and to prepare counselling schedule accordingly so that the counselling process should be completed one week before the last date of admission. As well as an action taken report in this regard may also be sent to this Council for submission before the Hon'ble High Court on the next date of hearing of the instant court case, the DCI said.
There have been numerous reports of irregularities committed by some dental colleges of India every year in admitting students to Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) and Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) courses. These irregularities often involve admitting students after the cutoff date and failing to submit necessary details and documents to the Dental Council of India (DCI) and the affiliating universities.
The students even after fulfilling all the eligibility criteria, selection criteria as prescribed in DCI Regulations and even after paying requisite fee to the competent authorities, gets the admission in a Dental College and prosecute his/her course in a proper and required manner but only because of non furnishing his/her details on DCI/University portal, the University or the Council does not permit the student to take up the examination and also does not take any action against the errant colleges, leading uncertainty and stress on the students regarding the validity of their admissions and due to delay in registration with the DCI, their career are also impacted. Besides, the reputations of the college involved in irregularities are also damaged.
On this, the DCI has issued a letter to the Assistant Director General (MCC), all Directors of DME, Counselling Authorities and Universities informing that due to irregularities DCI and the universities face an administrative burden in identifying and addressing the irregularities. The DCI had faced several cases where the students admitted to the college after qualifying the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET), allotted by the concerned counselling authority within the stipulated period by paying the requisite fee, but only because of college has not uploaded the details of the students on the portal of DCI or the University, the DCI or the University.
Further, through the letter, DCI has informed that the Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka has ordered to
i Identify the common irregularities committed by dental colleges in the admission process so that they do not resort to this kind of action by admitting students beyond the prescribed date of admission and or do not indulge in such practices which could put the life and liberty of such students and parents in danger.
ii Assess the impact of these irregularities on students, institutions, and regulatory bodies.
iii Provide recommendations for preventing such irregularities in the future.
iv Identify the problems in coordination between the counselling authority and the affiliating university in allotment and approval of the students, directed to this Council to prepare the Detailed Project Report (DPR) which includes the methodology for
a review of regulatory guidelines by the Dental Council of India, counselling authorities and affiliating universities.
b Analysis of documented cases of irregularities in dental college admissions.
c Meeting with stakeholders, including universities, college administrators, and regulatory officials.
d Examination of penalty measures and their effectiveness.
e Verification of students by counselling authorities and universities.
Moreover, DCI is creating and developing a common web portal to strengthen the admission process of all BDS/ MDS students and to check and verify their credentials, eligibility etc. to avoid any ambiguity or lapses between the counseling authority and university, and the details of student admissions and their verification to be used by colleges, counseling authorities and affiliating universities so that the counselling process should be completed one week before the last date of admission. The process of creating and developing the web portal will take some time. As soon as this web portal is ready, it will be informed to all counselling authorities, affiliated universities and dental colleges/institutions.
In this regard, following penalty proceedings on violation of the prescribed schedule of admitting students and uploading details on the common web portal by the dental colleges, the following penalty shall be imposed on the dental colleges/institutions-
1 On the first instance of violation, a penalty of four times the total fee of the complete course per student shall be imposed on the dental college, which shall be deposited to the concerned State Government within 15 days from the date of directions issued by the DCI and or the University. Moreover, the number of admissions affected shall also be neutralised during the next academic year.
2 On the second instance of violation, the erring dental college shall not be allowed to admit any student in UG and PG courses for the next academic year.
3 On the third instance of violation, Section 16A of the Dentists Act, 1948 shall be attracted for derecognition of BDS and MDS degrees awarded by the affiliating university at the erring dental college.
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