Buktikan bahwa tidak benar! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holy Uncle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: [nasional-list] Re: India angered, split by university affirmative action plan
> Time is GMT + 8 hours > ***Affirmative action di Indonesia dikutuk keras oleh kalian. Diskriminasi > terhadap suku Tionghoa di Indonesia dikutuk keras oleh kalian. Demo > mendukung RUU APP dikutuk keras oleh kalian sekalipun hak demo adalah > demokratis. > > ***Bahkan ada yang klaim suku Tionghoa dan non-Muslim minoritas adalah > warga > negara kelas 2. > > ***Semuanya adalah dosa Soeharto ? > > ***Kalo bicarakan demokrasi, tentu kalian setuju India jauh lebih > demokratis > dari Indonesia. Entah apa pendapat anda status kasta di India, lebih > rendah > dari kelas 2 yang kalian klaim di Indonesia ? > > ***Pemerintah India terpaksa naikkan kuota the "other backward castes" or > OBCs who are one rung up on India's social ladder di universitas, sama > sekali bukan disebabkan tekanan demokrasi. Tujuannya cuma satu : Jangan > sampai OBCs ditunggangi komunis, apa yang terjadi di Nepal akan terjadi di > India. > > ***Tidak heran ada yang tunggangi demo2 di Indonesia, bertujuan > menghidupkan > PKI. > > Posted: 21 May 2006 1048 hrs > > India angered, split by university affirmative action plan > > NEW DELHI: An affirmative action plan by India's government to force top > universities to select half their students from disadvantaged groups has > stirred a storm of protest and polarised the nation. > > The government announced last month it would more than double "reservation > quotas" in professional medical, engineering and management colleges to > nearly 50 percent to fulfil its election manifesto to help the poor. > > But the declaration has triggered massive protests that have crippled > state-run medical services and revived memories of a similar bitter row 16 > years ago that led to violence, student suicides and the fall of a > government. > > The protesters, under the banner of "Youth for Equality," are calling for > a > total "rollback" of the plan. > > "How can you reserve half of these (places) for one section? What happens > to > the others who may be more deserving? That is why we are insisting on > seats > being awarded on merit," says New Delhi student doctor Aniruddh Bhatia. > > Under a constitutional measure to bring victims of the most severe > discrimination into the mainstream, India already sets aside 22.5 percent > of > university places and jobs for "scheduled" tribes and castes such as the > Dalits, once known as untouchables. > > The government now plans to lift the quota for universities to 49.5 > percent > to embrace the "other backward castes" or OBCs who are one rung up on > India's social ladder. > > Analysts say the huge electoral clout of the scheduled tribes and low > castes > who make up around two-thirds of India's one-billion-plus population means > no politician can afford to speak out against quota proposals. > > "This is an issue which is very deeply political. None of the political > parties has the courage to openly oppose it," says Professor Yogendra > Singh, > emeritus professor of sociology at Jawarharlal Nehru University. > > Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been silent on the plan, which was > sprung > on the cabinet by Human Development Minister Arjun Singh. > > Analysts say the 75-year-old minister could be bidding for a bigger > political role by building his own power base among the lower castes. > > Champions of the plan say it is needed to give lower castes a better > chance > at quality education and ensure India's eight percent economic growth is > "inclusive." They compare it to US affirmative action programmes. > > "It is neither just nor fair to ask the sons and daughters of those who > have > been traditionally doing only manual jobs to compete with those who have a > centuries-old background of academic and literary skills," says K. > Veeramani, head of the Dravidar Kazhagam, a regional party in southern > Tamil > Nadu state. > > But critics say the move could lower academic standards and it would be > better for the government to give a decent basic education to the legions > of > students who have poor schools or no schools rather than increasing > quotas. > > "Reservation is a very slow process of empowerment," says Professor Singh. > "The real avenue is primary education. Why aren't they educating primary > students?" > > Extending quotas in places like the elite Indian Institute of Technology > and > Indian Institute of Management will "dilute the level of excellence," says > Asian Development Bank chief economist Ifzal Ali, who told journalists > last > month the move "sounds more like a political decision than a social > concern." > > Students from the backward classes have demonstrated in favour of the plan > but the protests against it have been far bigger. > > The government says it is committed to going ahead and is seeing how it > can > defuse the controversy by increasing the overall number of university > places > so the young don't struggle to secure already hard-to-get further > education. > > "These agitating are also our children and we will ensure everyone's > interest is looked after," says Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee. > > The government wants to avoid a rerun of the confrontation in 1990 when > then > National Front premier V.P. Singh doubled the percentage of reserved > university places and jobs overnight. > > He triggered a violent backlash from upper-caste students. A number > committed suicide by drinking poison and hanging themselves during weeks > of > uproar. The premier was forced to quit, the government fell and the plan > was > shelved. - AFP/ir > > http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/209433/1/.html > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! 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