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10 Aug 2023 14:11

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UGC sets up expert panel to look regulations/schemes for SC/ST/OBC/PwD/Minority Community students

In July 2023 Supreme Court issued an order asking UGC for submitting status report on the steps taken by UGC to protect the interest of scheduled caste and tribes, backward classes, persons with disabilities, and minority communities. UGC has already in place some regulations in this regard and revises them from time to time.

This court order now requires UGC to relook on those provisions and further strengthen them to ensure that no discrimination is done towards the reserved classes especially in higher educational institutions (HEI). Some experts feel that this development may have in its background the increasing number of student suicides in HEIs.

Now UGC has constituted the committee for revisiting the regulations/schemes concerning SC/ST/OBC/PwD/Minority Communities in HEIs.

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10 Aug 2023 15:15

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It is good to note that UGC has constitutes a committee to review the regulations and schemes that are existing in various institutes of higher learning in India.
Recently we heard about some students from these reserved categories committing suicides. There was a big discussion in the media about these deaths and various reasons were attributed one reason is that the teachers from these institutes are behaving discriminately with the students who entered the institutes in reserved quotas. However, the truth is not known. I understand many seats belonging to these reserved categories are lying vacant in some educational institutions.
Many people of the country feel that caste reservations should not be entertained and students who are financially backward can be provided financial aid for their education. However, let us wait for the report from this expert fact-finding committee.

drrao
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11 Aug 2023 16:09

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If the committee is on the look out the cases seriously regarding the recent cases of suicides happening among minority communities students, it can be said to be a positive steps. Indeed the number of cases of such incidents are on rise and it calls for thorough investigations how and why such cases are occurring.
There was much hue and cry in the past appearing such tragic events but the exact source of such occurrence could not be identified.
There might be the cases ragging inside the campus because of the privileges being offered to the weaker sections and some sections might not be in favour of such concessions. However, it will be a premature step to take a final decision in this regard. Let the report of the finding committee come out with all the details.

UGC sets up expert panel to look regulations/schemes for SC/ST/OBC/PwD/Minority Community students

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