In India, you have a post graduate degree of dentistry; you can become a senior lecturer in any of the college without any hustle. Did anybody sitting in the prime positions in the governing body had ever thought that is just acquiring a post graduate degree is sufficient to be a teacher in dental college. At any stage of educational process, teacher is the main central thrust. The importance of teacher in the education arena is well documented but the quality of teaching is the issue which is being neglected in the Indian dental education.
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