The Indian Express gets answers to RTI applications about the
performance of genral/reserved category students in the IIT-JEE and
the AIIMS entrance exams.
An estimated 75,000 students vie for the 50 seats in AIIMS while
3.5 lakh for the 5000 seats in the seven IITs, the Institute of
Technology at BHU and the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.
The results show that for both the AIIMS and IIT entrance exams,
the gap between the toppers in "general" and "reserved" lists is
large, between 20 and 30 percentage points.
But when it comes to the last successful candidate in both the
lists for both the institutions, the gap narrows to almost half of
that.
AIIMS entrance results for both 2005 and 2006 show that SC/ST
students would not have got in at all had there not been quotas for
them. Because the topper in the SC list for both the years scored
lower than the last successful candidate in the general list—by just
eight per cent in 2005 and four per cent this year.
This is, significantly, not the case in the IIT entrance exam in
both 2005 and 2006. Many SC/ST students would have got in even if
there were no quotas—several have scored higher than the general
students.[ http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/10044.html ]
The stats also affirm what many bloggers including Abi have been
saying: correct the demand-supply gap:
Given that the AIIMS pie is tiny—only 50 seats each year, of which
34 are for general and only seven and four for SC and STs
respectively—as compared to almost 5000 seats in the seven IITs, this
also lends credence to the view that the larger the pie, the higher
the chances that the principles of equity and excellence won't come
into conflict.
This also makes a strong case for an increase in the number of
seats in higher-educational institutions.
[http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/10044.html]
Incidentally, that's what the government is up to:
The Oversight Committee, set up to prepare a roadmap for
reservations for OBCs in elite educational institutions, has projected
an additional student intake of 80,557 with a 54 per cent capacity
expansion of seats to implement the new quota.
[http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=72044]
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