Friday, December 24, 2010

[ZESTCaste] West Bengal announces 17 % quota for OBC students

http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/24/stories/2010122455431100.htm


West Bengal announces 17 % quota for OBC students

Staff Reporter

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has decided to reserve 17 per cent
seats in all government and government-aided colleges for students
belonging to the other backward classes (OBCs), with effect from the
coming academic session.

Sudarshan Roy Chowdhury, State Higher Education Minister announced in
the State Assembly here on Thursday.

"The question of reservation of seats in higher education to expand
opportunities to OBCs has been under the consideration of the State
government for quite some time," Mr. Chowdhury said, adding that it
was based on the lines of OBC reservations in Central institutions of
higher education. He assured that the reservation would not reduce the
intake of the students belonging to other categories, as number of
seats will be increased.

However, the implementation of the reservation in Medical and
Engineering Colleges (where the number of seats is determined by a
Central Regulatory Authority like the All India Council for Technical
Education and the Medical Council of India) will depend on the
permission given by the authority concerned, he added.

It will be implemented in two phases. Of the 53 communities listed as
most backward among the OBCs and categorised as OBC-A, 49 are Muslim.
Ten percent seats will be reserved for OBC-A, starting with five per
cent in the 2011-12 and additional five per cent the next academic
year.

"This initiative would increase the enrolment of minorities in higher
education. Nearly 25 per cent of the population in the State is
Muslim. While the enrolment of Muslims in primary education is about
33 per cent, it is 21.82 per cent in secondary education and even
lesser in higher education. For example, only 13 per cent of students
in medical colleges are Muslims," Abdus Sattar, Minister for
Minorities Development, Welfare and Madrasah Education told The Hindu.


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