Dear Sreenivas Can you shed light on the stringent form of assessment and the amount of transparency involved. I am curious.
Regrds On 26/06/2008, sreenivas v.p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello , > > > > I think this should not be taken as a caste based humiliation . IITs > including delhi IIT are following a stringent form of assessment and this > is applicable to all students irrespective of the caste they belong to. Do > you mean to say that there should be some kind of reservation during the > four year course at IIT also ?Or how this problem can be solved ? > > Regards > > Sreenivasan.V.P > > Bangalore. > > > > > --- On *Thu, 26/6/08, ranju radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: ranju radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [GreenYouth] Join Protest to Ensure Justice for Dalit students in > IIT Delhi > To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008, 5:09 PM > > *Join Protest to Ensure Justice for Dalit students in IIT Delhi* > > * * > > *Recently, IIT Delhi served termination notices to 28 students from 1st, 2 > nd and Final Year of the B.Tech Programs, citing their 'low' academic > performances. Majority (20) of the terminated students belong to SC/ST > community, rest from general category including OBCs and minority students. > All these students were asked to leave the campus immediately.* > > > > There is a complete lack of transparency in the grading system followed by > IIT Delhi giving absolute powers to the faculty members leaving the fate of > the students on their mercy. The individual prejudices coupled with the > arbitrariness of marking system are responsible for the alleged poor > academic performance of Dalit students. Though IIT Delhi claims to follow a > 'relative' evaluation system, however, the Administration is highly > secretive and does not disclose any information, which can be used to make > any relative evaluation and comparisons. The Administration is not even > disclosing the complete list of terminated students, despite repeated > requests to the Administration by the students. > > > > With dreams shattered and taken aback by the highhandedness of the > Administration, the affected Dalit students were forced to approach the > National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) for redressal of their > grievances. The students narrated their experiences of caste-based > humiliation and discrimination both from the IIT faculties & the > Administration. The Chairperson of the Commission, Sh Buta Singh, then > summoned the Director of IIT Delhi on 17th June 2008, wherein the Director > underplayed the issue by giving wrong information that only 12 students were > terminated of which 7 belong to SC/ST. Sh Buta Singh has given 2 weeks > time for the administration to reply back to the Commission. > > > > After being rebuked by the NCSC, IIT Delhi formed a Review Committee headed > by a retired Dalit professor on 20th June to look into the matter raised > by the students. However, the Dalit students who had deposed in front of > this committee have expressed their complete dissatisfaction as the > committee was not willing to listen to the students' version. The students > have a strong belief that the committee is complete eyewash and a very > dishonest attempt by IIT administration to look into their cases. Not a > single question was asked by the committee on caste-based discrimination and > when the students tried to raise the issue, they were cut short. > > > *Our Demands* > > > > · Immediate repeal of the termination of all 28 students. > > · Nullification of the existing committee > > · An independent committee comprising of socially sensitive members > to be constituted under the aegis of Government/HRD Ministry to look into > the issue of caste- based discrimination suffered by Dalit students in IIT > Delhi. > > > > *We Appeal to all **the progressive people, faculty members, students & > Human Rights defenders to support IIT Delhi Students' Struggle for Justice & > join in large numbers for* > > * * > > *Demonstration at IIT Delhi Main Gate on 26th June 2008 at 10:30am*** > > * * > > *Dalit Students' Forum for Justice* > > > > Sanjeev(09958797409), Chandra Nigam (9899870597), Dr Ajita > Rao(9818929480), Anoop(09313432410) > > > > ------------------------------ > Get an email ID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click > here. > > <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_dbid_4/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address> > > -- Bobby Kunhu --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
