Central universities ignoring SC/STs http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=9fc41b1806454083bc46ea777239d2f3&MatchID1=4698&TeamID1=2&TeamID2=5&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1185&PrimaryID=4698&Headline=Central+universities+ignoring+SC%2fSTs
* Vikas Pathak<http://www.hindustantimes.com/Search/Search.aspx?q=Vikas%20Pathak&nodate=1>, Hindustan Times* New Delhi, June 05, 2008Varous central universities are conveniently interpreting guidelines regarding fulfillment of SC/ST quotas in teaching positions in their own ways. Be it teaching or non-teaching posts, where even a matriculate can apply, SCs and STs have been grossly under-represented. While universities like JNU, University of Hyderabad and Allahabad University have just announced the first ever SC/ST vacancies for posts of professor and reader to implement the UGC's 2006 guidelines that SC and ST quotas are to be provided for "all teaching posts such as lecturers, readers and professors", Delhi University is yet to comply. Since 1975, when the UGC first decided on teaching quotas in central universities, SC/STs have been inducted only as lecturers and not readers and professors, says Yagati Chinna Rao of JNU. He adds that here, constitutional provisions for 15 per cent SC and 7.5 per cent ST quotas were violated on the "excuse" that suitable candidates weren't found. "Even at the non-teaching Group C level, there were only 5.11 per cent SCs and 4.02 per cent STs in all central universities in 2006. This proves all talk of non-suitability of candidates is just an excuse," says R.K. Kale, member of the UGC standing committee on SCs and STs. "In 2006, there were only 11 and 17 professors belonging to the SC and ST categories in 18 central universities, representing 0.77 per cent and 1.18 per cent of the filled vacancies, respectively. For the post of reader too, SC/ST representation was 1.11 per cent and 1.19 per cent, respectively," Kale said. *The Times Of India* *6,000 rural students set to study in state IIITs* http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hyderabad/6000_rural_students_set_to_study_in_state_IIITs/articleshow/3101222.cms 5 Jun 2008, 0543 hrs IST,TNN HYDERABAD: About 6,000 students from rural areas would be admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies for the engineering course in the three IIITs under its control in the state and the admission would be on the basis of SSC marks. Stating this after releasing the admission brochure, chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy said that the marks secured by the students in SSC would be the criteria for admission to these institutes. The state has three IIITs — at Basara in Adilabad district, Nuzivedu in Krishna district and Idupulapaya in Kadapa. These autonomous institutes will specialise in teaching and research in information technology and other emerging disciplines under the control of a common university and common syllabus. Each institute has a capacity to admit 2000 students. Upon completion of six years integrated residential course, three semesters a year, graduates will be awarded dual degrees, a B.Tech in IT and a B.Tech or MSc in one of the other domain specialisations in engineering, professional or science subject areas. The engineering subjects include specialised topics such as construction engineering, automotive engineering, nano technology, and energy technology. The professional subjects include specialised topics in law, medical sciences, agriculture and business etc. Reddy said the employment prospects for these graduates would be comparable to the other world class universities in the country including IIT. He said the tuition fees would be heavily subsidised. The fee for the first two years or pre university would be Rs 6,000 per year and Rs 10,000 per year for the subsequent years. He said as per the current policy SC, ST and BC candidates would get full refund of all fees paid upon submission of bills. While 54 of seats would be in the open category, BCs would get 25 percent seats, SC 15 percent and ST 15 percent, he added. The classes will begin on August 4 in all the three new IIITs. The final list of students who are eligible for admission will be ready by June 15. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -- Ranjit --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
