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Definitely there is a need for equal representation but there should be a balance.
We already have reservation in teacher posts in other institute so just bcz someone is not getting reservation in IIT doesn’t mean he has less opportunity and keeping the global perspective in mind it’s important to ensure the quality of education offered in premier institutes
Balance is by offering reservation in most place while keeping few institutions outside the ambit of reservation
Soln instead of giving direct entry we should give reservation at lower level and work on providing basic infrastructure to make them at par with general category.
This will be expedient in long run
On the one hand we raise a hue and cry when Indian universities are ranked poorly in THE and other rankings. We then turn around and mandate, “Follow quota rules!” No world-class university has 50% reservation. No institute with 50% reservation can become world-class. The faculty selection at IIT/IIM is based on merit, which is why they are still the last hope in higher education. Many faculty there are OBCs, and were selected because they were good and not because of their caste. No international journal has a reservation policy for publication of papers. The NITs have been besieged with casteist politics and mediocrity. Don’t let the IITs go down this senseless path.
See the SBI officers recent exams results . The so called genius by birth economically backward higher caste people did not get even the required minimum marks to fill 10 percent and they got far below marks compare with SC/ST. So please don’t speak about merit. If everyone get fair chance to compete others automatically they will come up
Nobody is claiming genius by birth—selection based on merit does not mean selecting upper caste candidates. You need to take off your Dravidian lens and see reality.
“If everyone get fair chance to compete others automatically they will come up.” Exactly. And the way to go about that is to provide high quality school education. It is axiomatic that this is the only way to uplift the SC/STs or anyone else (as the Bihar Super 30 has been showing every year). The SC/ST leadership will not ever clamor for quality school education but only for more reservation. An educated constituency would be their undoing and they know it only too well.
The entire higher level Government machinery be it bureaucracy or politics members of higher castes are dominant..I wonder why aren’t they spending money on improving education in backward areas where predominantly these vulnerable groups resides. Had they been sincere enough there would have been a change in gras root education but it’s dismal and very discouraging. Even though these people are striving hard despite govt. apathy & upper caste harassment to break free of their miseries.
Why aren’t the OBC, MBC, SC/ST people not clamouring for better quality schools? Why are they after more reservation? Why do more and more groups want to be classified as “backward”? The so-called leaders of these people cannot be at the top for any extended period because no leader can survive without support from their constituency. Have you heard of any agitation by this section of the people asking for high quality schools? What is preventing them for demanding this?
This is bound to dilute excellence and merit in our few globally respected educational institutions. All politics is a compromise between what is expedient and what is the long term national interest. The pendulum has now swung almost completely to one side.
Definitely there is a need for equal representation but there should be a balance.
We already have reservation in teacher posts in other institute so just bcz someone is not getting reservation in IIT doesn’t mean he has less opportunity and keeping the global perspective in mind it’s important to ensure the quality of education offered in premier institutes
Balance is by offering reservation in most place while keeping few institutions outside the ambit of reservation
Soln instead of giving direct entry we should give reservation at lower level and work on providing basic infrastructure to make them at par with general category.
This will be expedient in long run
On the one hand we raise a hue and cry when Indian universities are ranked poorly in THE and other rankings. We then turn around and mandate, “Follow quota rules!” No world-class university has 50% reservation. No institute with 50% reservation can become world-class. The faculty selection at IIT/IIM is based on merit, which is why they are still the last hope in higher education. Many faculty there are OBCs, and were selected because they were good and not because of their caste. No international journal has a reservation policy for publication of papers. The NITs have been besieged with casteist politics and mediocrity. Don’t let the IITs go down this senseless path.
See the SBI officers recent exams results . The so called genius by birth economically backward higher caste people did not get even the required minimum marks to fill 10 percent and they got far below marks compare with SC/ST. So please don’t speak about merit. If everyone get fair chance to compete others automatically they will come up
Nobody is claiming genius by birth—selection based on merit does not mean selecting upper caste candidates. You need to take off your Dravidian lens and see reality.
“If everyone get fair chance to compete others automatically they will come up.” Exactly. And the way to go about that is to provide high quality school education. It is axiomatic that this is the only way to uplift the SC/STs or anyone else (as the Bihar Super 30 has been showing every year). The SC/ST leadership will not ever clamor for quality school education but only for more reservation. An educated constituency would be their undoing and they know it only too well.
The entire higher level Government machinery be it bureaucracy or politics members of higher castes are dominant..I wonder why aren’t they spending money on improving education in backward areas where predominantly these vulnerable groups resides. Had they been sincere enough there would have been a change in gras root education but it’s dismal and very discouraging. Even though these people are striving hard despite govt. apathy & upper caste harassment to break free of their miseries.
Why aren’t the OBC, MBC, SC/ST people not clamouring for better quality schools? Why are they after more reservation? Why do more and more groups want to be classified as “backward”? The so-called leaders of these people cannot be at the top for any extended period because no leader can survive without support from their constituency. Have you heard of any agitation by this section of the people asking for high quality schools? What is preventing them for demanding this?
This is bound to dilute excellence and merit in our few globally respected educational institutions. All politics is a compromise between what is expedient and what is the long term national interest. The pendulum has now swung almost completely to one side.