Readerspeak: '27% quota will damage premier instit

Last week, the Supreme Court quashed petitions by anti-quota activists challenging the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006.

A five-judge bench upheld the Constitution amendment law providing for 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes in IITs, IIMs and other central educational institutions, in addition to existing reservations for ST/SC category students.

We invited readers to comment on how this would affect their educational choices and careers -- here are a few of the more interesting responses we received:

I have completed my course from iit madras in 2007. from my experience i would like to suggest to stop immediately the reservation system. the following reasons are:
1) higher education should not be from political view, that would be applicable only through the merit lists.
2) it is correct that only rich people, who are backward classes could come to that stage to study IIT or IIM, but it would not fulfill the original purpose of the reservation.
3) if you give the more opportunity to such people, they would not study at all. but they will reserve the seats.
in conclusion, i strongly hate the reservation system in higher education level. this is the shame of our education level and victory of political issue.

-- Animesh

Sixty years of reservation for backward classes has made them more backward. I say this, because now the backward classes require more & more reservation. Do you think this makes sense?

The death of meritocracy

People who are already classified backward are trying to show themselves as more backward so that they can get better reservations.

Do we have any right to know if reservation has helped any family? If yes does the next generation of the family require reservation?

-- Ram

I am PRABHAKAR KUMAR bearing age 18 yrs from ranchi. I think that the decision regarding the reservation of OBC's except the 'creamy layer' is a right decision, no doubt it would greatly help in improving the education standards and is a right step towards the development of the country.

-- Prabhakar Kumar

Certainly this reservation policy will not harm good students in any way but it will badly damage the reputation of premier institute. good students can join any private institute and i am sure that some are even better than that and they will make their career but what will happen to govt hospitals and institution which are already in trouble? we have seen 25 percent less students appeared in cpmt this year.

Towards a more perfect Indian Union

it will effect the class where a student scoring zero marks will sit with a student scoring 80 per marks. i wonder how teacher will manage. i suggest if reservation is at all necessary few most ultra modern iit and iim should be developed exclusive for them and these students should be taught in pattern of kota coaching classes then i feel something can happen better. but i am confident that even 100 per reservation in premier institute will not harm in any way rather make them strong and students enjoying reservation will move here and there for good job as you can easily see students passing from nit in this category.

-- Tupur Chavkravarty

Already there is reservation for SC/ST at IITs. But the truth is sufficent SC/ST candidates are not coming. The SC/ST students who have been admitted are not able to meet the standard at IITs and they find it difficult to mingle with other student of other communities, since they were not brought up for such a situation.

The Supreme Court's stunning decision!

With the result, for example if 10 SC/ST students are admitted, most of them leave the IITs before completing the course. The same thing will happen in the case OBCs also. All forward community students are joining IIT/ IIM CAT coaching classes from IX standard itself. Even after taking 3 to 4 years of vigorus coaching the forward community students are struggling to pass the entrance test of IIT/IIMs. To that extent the entrance test are very tuff. Therefore, to fill up 27% quota for OBCs, first of all they have to pass the entrance test which is really going to be very tuff for OBCs. which will result in filling up of the seats from other communities.

Therefore, our politicians for the sake of vote bank politics cry for the abolition of the CAT of IITs/IIMs as they are doing in their respective states. Hence the 27% quota is definitely going to spoil our famous institutions and also the admission. The meritorious student will leave the country for higher studies and settlement of life there itself.

The Reservation issue: Full coverage

It is highly shameful for the country, that even after sixty years of independence we want to continue the reservation on caste basis instead of economic considerations. One more thing is that the IIMs increased the fees almost by doubling the amount which the OBCs may find it difficult to pay and our politicians will force the IITs/IIMs to give free education also.

THE RESERVATION SYSTEM BOTH IN EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION MUST GO.

-- S Ganesan

Hi,
I really wonder why the reservation percentage keep on increasing for professional education and all. It is really understandable to give reservation starting from primary education for the needy. But professionally educated people are supposed to key decisions in the respective field. It should be purely based on talent and not on anything else.

Are we heading in a way like , we can determine CEO/Business Executives just based on this?

-- Vinod

I just want to ask that the persons from OBC/SC/ST are the only persons that are backward and all the persons from general category are born with flying colors and they don't need any support from government?

And one more question that is reservation necessary for the elite Institutions like IIMs/IITs that are brand for the quality education in India ?

-- Kislay

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