Now 25% quota for school children
Posted on: 08/Dec/2012 9:36:14 AM
The Meaning of the Right to Education Act is turned to be now an ongoing process. The 11,700 students admitted to matriculation schools in the city in 2012-13, as many as 10,001 were admitted under the 25 per cent quota mandated by the Act. Even though the Act mandates reservation of 25 per cent of seats at entry level for children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups, Tamil Nadu’s guidelines interpret it as weaker sections or disadvantaged groups, implying that it would be enough to consider either of the categories and that, precisely, is the cause for the whopping 10,001.
The child whose parent or guardian’s annual income is less than Rs. 2 lakh is eligible for admission in the category of students form ‘weaker sections’. But while admitting students from disadvantaged groups – which Tamil Nadu’s guidelines say include BC, MBC, SC, ST categories – schools would be seen as admitting students as per “25 per cent reservation”, many schools in Chennai have been doing so irrespective of parental income.
For weaker section and disadvantaged groups must be identified and segregated at the time of admissions. In case schools receive applications in excess of the quota, a random selection method must be employed to shortlist the students .as per now conducted survey the data shows us that so far 85 % students throughout Tamilnadu is admitted in 25% educational quota for weaker sections though 85% is normal the value or number of seats may increase in terms of the coming years.
