Attitude of dental faculty on admissions to dental colleges through national eligibility cum entrance test (Neet) – a knowledge, aptitude and perspective survey

Abstract

There are different admission tests around the world exclusively for admission to dental schools. NEETNational Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is a multiple choice entrance exam in India for medical, dental as well as paramedical courses, including nursing, physical therapy, pharmacy, and occupational therapy. There is no exclusive test only for dental admissions. There is no scientific literature on NEET and its effects on students, parents as well as the teaching faculty. Though there are a lot of news articles and blogs about it. There is no evidence on how the staff of dental fraternity perceived this change in admissions of students to dental colleges. There has been significant controversy around this change in the admission process. The aim of this survey is to understand the perspective of the dental teaching faculty about NEET, the admission procedure, the difference in the quality of students and the type of the questions in the exam.