Drop in pass percentage of dental students

The revised results for the dental college students who come under the affiliation of the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University have come as a shocker to the students as the original pass percentage has dropped even lower after the new results were announced.

Several dental college students who had appeared for their exams during August had failed with only 48 per cent of students managing to clear the papers.

The students had challenged the results by filing cases in the court. The Madras high court recently ruled in favour of the students asking the university to follow the guidelines of the dental council of India.

However, when the results were announced, the students were shocked to note that many of their failed status remained the same and some of the students who had cleared the papers earlier and had gone for their internship had also failed after the revised results were released.

“As per the DCI norms, students have to secure minimum of 150 marks out of 300 in theory and 50 marks out of 100 in practicals to pass.

But now the university has changed the evaluation pattern in violation of the DCI guidelines,” said a dental college student. Efforts to contact the university authorities on the matter proved futile.

Source: DECCAN CHRONICLE