One of the country’s premier educational institution St. Stephen’s College has decided to impose a 50% Christian quota for its students. According to the college since it is a Christian institution it is justfified in imposing this quota.
This decision is goign to come as a blow to students who want to get into the college based on ‘merit. I still don’t get the concept of quotas. I don’t feel the need for them for any particualr community. It just classifies a certain section of people as priviledged and who get into the best colleges even if they have relaly low scores. No wonder students in our country are dillusioned with the educational system in our country. This is one of the primary reasons behind the ‘brain drain’ phenomenon.
No wonder people want to go abroad, study and settle in jobs there itself. After all whichever job or college you go, you can be rest assured you will eb denied an opportunity not because of low grades but because of your ‘caste/religion.’
pankaj Said:
on June 27, 2008 at 2:26 pm
The very wrong foudation of reservation has created confusion. B.P. Mandal(head of mandal commission) was a yadav from Madhepura (Bihar).This place is nerve centre of caste politics even today. Lalu Yadav got elected 4 times without doing any developmental work for the place.Reason was simple.He was a yadav.B.P.Mandal was yadav & castiest by heart.He sowed the seed of caste based politics. This so called secular country has a hindu university(BHU),a muslim university(AMU) 7 Christian college..No wonder…in coming days we will have brahmin college,OBC college & SC & ST college…Only god can help us…