Re: [Goanet] MERIT ALONE AND NOT RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE THE WAY AHEAD

2019-06-06 Thread George Pinto
See below. This is only one of the reasons why reservations are needed. George -- Public statement on the suicide of Dr Payal Tadvi in a Mumbai hospital (People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism) Press Release 05.06.2019 Dr PayalTadvi, an Adivasi Muslim from one of the

[Goanet] MERIT ALONE AND NOT RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE THE WAY AHEAD

2019-06-03 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
From: Bernice Pereira  Instead of reservations, a better idea would be compulsory education for all children and free education for economically backward students upto secondary level.  It's just not fair. --GL responds: Sounds fair!   Yet who is going to pay for the FREE secondary

Re: [Goanet] MERIT ALONE AND NOT RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE THE WAY AHEAD

2019-06-02 Thread Bernice Pereira
Instead of reservations, a better idea would be compulsory education for all children and free education for economically backward students upto secondary level. I have seen in Goa children of labourers are charged the same amount as other children in schools and these poor people struggle to

[Goanet] MERIT ALONE AND NOT RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE THE WAY AHEAD

2019-06-02 Thread Aires Rodrigues
In this competitive age for India to stride ahead, it is time to do away with the skewed policy of reservations for jobs and in electoral politics as well. Admissions to all professional colleges have to be also strictly on merit. The Constitution of India provides for the Fundamental Right to

[Goanet] MERIT ALONE AND NOT RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE THE WAY AHEAD

2015-09-25 Thread Aires Rodrigues
In this competitive age for India to stride ahead, it is time to do away with the skewed policy of reservations for jobs and in electoral politics as well. Admissions to all professional colleges have to be also strictly on merit. The Constitution of India provides for the Fundamental Right to