BDS admissions: Seats still vacant after 8th round in Maharashtra institutes

The cell states that this is the first time when eight rounds of common admissions for seats in four government-run dental colleges were conducted.

Maharashtra common entrance test (CET) cell reports that after the eighth round of admission, around 30 seats in state government dental institutes are still left vacant. The cell states that this is the first time when eight rounds of common admissions for seats in four government-run dental colleges were conducted. Stating that a final list of vacant seats across state institutes will be released soon for the benefit of students, a CET cell official revealed, “This year due to the delay in admissions, the Dental Council of India announced that BDS admissions will continue till January 31, therefore we added more mop-up rounds. Never before have we conducted these many rounds of admission.”

To fill up the vacant seats in dental colleges, the state CET cell conducted six stray vacancy rounds, after completing two common admission rounds. While MBBS admissions concluded on January 15, the dental council realized that a large number of seats in central institutes across the country were yet to be filled. To fill the vacant seats, the council extended the admission deadline by two weeks for BDS alone. 35% seats were left vacant across government and private dental colleges this year after five rounds of admissions, according to Maharashtra CET cell. In the first week of January, the Directorate General of Health Sciences (DGHS) revealed a 163% increase in seat vacancy in the management and NRI quotas of deemed dental institutes in Maharashtra, compared to last year. The experts state that the CET cell must conduct spot admission, instead of common admission round to fill remaining vacant seats.

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