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60% Fail Rate for Dental Students in Tamil Nadu

60% Fail Rate for Dental Students in Tamil Nadu

There will be fewer new dentists joining the Indian State, Tamil Nadu, health system following a 60% failure rate during final examinations. The pass percentage for the final BDS exams was 70% last year, but this year, 60% of students failed the exams, which took place in August. A total of 945 students took the […]


Indian Dental Student Striking Over Stipend

Indian Dental Student Striking Over Stipend

Dental students in India have expressed their anger at a lack of equality in the stipend they receive in comparison to medical students. Postgraduate students across the state of Kozhikode are striking to protest against the higher stipend for medical students. Postgraduate dental students get Rs 16000, 17000 and 18000 per month for their first, […]