‘Cancel dental college licence’
The state medical education and drugs department has written to the ministry of health and family welfare, Government of India to cancel permissions given to Aditya Dental College in Beed after two committees commissioned by the state have found that the complaints by students against the absence of infrastructure and educational facilities were true.
In the letter, a copy of which is with The Asian Age, A.M. Atram, deputy secretary, government of Maharashtra has pointed to the findings of the two committees that mention that the college did not conform to the norms laid down by the health ministry. These include incomplete building, absence of books in the library, lack of facilities for girl students, insufficient lab equipment, absence of professors and students in classes, decomposing cadavers for experiments and practical training, empty indoor patient department, high-handedness of the college management and a list of other shortcomings.
The letter was the result of complaints by students who had fled from the college after being subjected to harassment by the management for complaining against the lack of facilities. The state held a hearing of students on March 5 and 6 wherein it came to light that the management of the college had misled the authorities by furnishing false logistical data and hence it was necessary to cancel permission to the college.
“Based on the facts, the state government has strongly recommended cancellation of the college permission so that the admitted students may be transferred to other recognised dental colleges in the state,” said Mr Atram. Aditi Sarda, the administrator of the college could not be reached for com-
ment.
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