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More room for SC, ST at ISM AMIT GUPTA Ranchi, Nov. 3: In a bid to encourage more SC and ST students to take admission, the Indian School of Mines (ISM) University, Dhanbad, has decided to admit a greater number of special category students during its JEE-2009 admissions. The Telegraph had earlier reported that 149 seats had remained vacant after the 2008 admissions. Thus, to combat the shortfall, Professor M. Javed, the chairman of the Ismu JEE-2009 admissions, said that next year 55 more seats in the SC category and 13 more seats in the ST group would be offered — not including the usual number of reserved seats. "A total of 128 seats have been reserved for SC students for 2009, but we would offer 183 seats. The 55 extra seats that were not filled in 2008 would be up on offer next year. For ST students a total of 65 seats have been reserved for 2009, the institute would offer 78 extra vacancies, 13 of it being carried over from 2008," Javed explained. Seats would be available for five-year integrated and dual degree programmes for BTech and MTech courses. Javed also expects to see more ST and SC students in 2009, as the institute has decided to relax the basic mark criteria for the students. "We expect to see more special category students in preparatory courses, if not in regular courses," Javed hoped. This year the number of reserved seats in the OBC category would also swell with the institute increasing phase-wise implementation of an increased quota system to 18 per cent. Last year for the first phase of the quota implementation, a total of nine per cent seats were reserved for the OBC category. By 2010, which is the deadline for the implementation of the 27 per cent reservation, total number of SC and ST seats would increase considerably, while general category seats would remain static. Ultimately, 27 per cent seats would be reserved for OBC, 15 per cent for SC and 7.5 per cent for ST, thus a total of 49.5 per cent seats would be reserved, while 50.5 per cent seats would be of merit category. For 2009 session, Ismu has decided to lower cut off mark by 10 per cent for SC and ST students. So, if the earlier cut off was 60 per cent of the cut off fixed for general aspirants, it would be 50 per cent of that from next year. Moreover, admissions to the Ismu preparatory course, would also be made simpler. According to ISMU rules, SC and ST aspirants with 50 per cent of their category's cut-off would be allowed to take up the one-year preparatory course. Earlier, the criterion was 50 per cent of the marks received by a general category student. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
