Ghost’ faculty rule the roost at dental faculty
Rs 1.32-crore biometric system project turned off The Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) recent raids and arrests of the Dental Council of India (DCI) members are just the tip of the iceberg, going by what people in the know say and what certain documents reveal. Pursuing the matter, Deccan Herald managed to access several documents that show the DCI in poor light and people fighting the cause allege that it is a hub of corruption. One of the main allegations is that the DCI, the statutory body governing dental colleges in the country, has granted unwarranted permission for new colleges and courses while a major problem of unregulated faculty appointment and ghost faculty is rendering courses ineffective, with students barely seeing their teachers. Some of the teachers work part-time, which is illegal. A few years ago, some members of the fraternity managed to convince the council to instal biometric systems to check the attendance of the faculty and keep a tab on ghost f...