No Reservations in Private Unaided Colleges, read SC judgment

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Namaskar Mitra,

 

No Reservations in Private Unaided Colleges

 

‘No state quotas, reservations in pvt insitutions’ read the

Hindustan Times headlines of August 13. It did not matter whether the private

institution was run by the majority of minority community. The Apex court also

directed that taking capitation fees would no longer be permitted, gave unaided

institutions the unfettered right to choose students and lay down the procedure

for this provided the exercise was fair, transparent and on-exploitative. It

recommended that admissions be regulated by a single window procedure having

regard to the larger interest and welfare of the student community. To read

judgment -

http://esamskriti.com/html/inside.asp?cat=744&subcat=743&cname=intro%5Fpg1%5F3

 

Key Decisions:

· Neither the policy of reservation nor the quota or % of admissions can

be decided by the State, in both a minority and non-minority provided these

institutions are not aided by the State meaning they receive no government

grants.

· The admission procedure adopted by private institution or group of

institutions, if it failed to satisfy all or any of the triple tests can be

taken over by the State substituting its own procedure. Till regulations are

framed, the admission committees can oversee admissions so as to ensure that

merit is the only basis for admission.

· Every institution is free to devise its own fee structure but the same

can be regulated to prevent profiteering. No capitation fee can be charged.

· The Court allows the constitution of a Committees as a stopgap or adhoc

arrangement until a suitable legislation or regulation framed by the State steps

in.

 

I believe that this minority thing, linguistic or religious has divided the

country, made people more aware of the differences amongst them. Can we not

have a policy that looks at people as human beings first, next how rich or poor

they are and lastly their religion.

 

Due to our socialist beliefs private institutions are discouraged from making

profits meaning there are not enough quality institutions to take care of

India’s burgeoning education needs. No wonder schools from U.S.A, U.K.,

Australia and New Zealand are wooing Indian students.

 

So mired are we in old mindsets that we cease to realize the loss caused by

Indian students going abroad. According to www.educationobserver.com,

“India sent more students to study in the U.S.A. than any other country

in the 2001-02 academic year, according to a study released by Institute of

International Education in Washington. The total number of Indian students is

66,836”. If each parent remitted an average of Rs 12 lakhs p.a. roughly

Rs 8,000 crs was remitted to every year. If only we allow private institutions

to run independently it would attract investment and prevent atleast 50% of the

students to study in India as well as get foreign students to study here. Look

at the multiplier effect of Indian remittances on the U.S. economy!

 

But non-resident Indians have excelled! Says Subhash Kak, Professor in the Asian

Studies and Cognitive Science Programs, Louisiana State University, “NRIs

have done well in the West because the West has institutions that reward

excellence, whereas India is mired in sloppy socialist notions”.

 

We need a transparent regulatory framework for the education sector managed by

an All India Regulator.

 

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