Odisha considers increasing reservations for SC, ST students in technical education
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha considers increasing reservations for SC, ST students in technical education

The Hindu  

The Odisha government is considering increasing reservations for scheduled caste and schedule tribe students during admission into technical education courses in the State. At present, the State provides 20% reservation SC and ST Students in State Government technical colleges in admissions as against their 39.98% of the total population. In response to a query in the State Assembly if the Government was considering a proportionate reservation of 39.98% in admission in the technical colleges, Nityananda Gond, ST and SC Development Minister, informed the Assembly that, “8% for SC and 12% for ST students are reserved for admission in State Government Technical Colleges. However, the proposal for enhancement of reservation for SC and ST students for admission in State Government Technical Colleges is under consideration.” Meanwhile, Congress members insisted that the State government should conduct caste-based census to ensure equitable distribution of welfare schemes. The SEBC students have lost opportunities to take admission in 7000 MBBS seats and SC and ST students in 5,000 MBBS seats since 2006,” Mr. Kadam said.

Odisha Students Admission Congress Reservation Technical State Mbbs Technical Education Kadam State Government Technical Colleges St Students  colleges  education  sc  considers  reservation  admission  state  increasing  congress  mbbs  students  st  technical  odisha  reservations

History of this topic

New Meaning to Locals may Affect MBBS Aspirants in TG
4 months, 2 weeks ago

New Meaning to Locals may Affect MBBS Aspirants in TG

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Scores of meritorious students from Telangana are set to lose admission into the MBBS due to a last-minute change in the definition of “locals” by the health department. As per the government order, students appearing for Intermediate examinations in Telangana has been made mandatory to be considered under the local category. The Telangana government also amended the previous admission …

Maharashtra’s free professional education for EWS girls sparks surge in seats
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra’s free professional education for EWS girls sparks surge in seats

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The state’s recent decision to provide free education to girls from the Economically Weaker Sections in professional courses has led to a spiralling in the number of seats in engineering, pharmacy, and agriculture. Sources from the higher and technical education department revealed that after minister Chandrakant Patil’s first announcement of free education for girls on February 1, the department …

Odisha: Congress demands more quota for SCs, STs in higher education
5 months, 1 week ago

Odisha: Congress demands more quota for SCs, STs in higher education

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR : Former Union minister Srikant Jena and ex-Congress MP Anant Prasad Sethi on Sunday said the government should revise the reservation quota for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in higher education in Odisha from 2024-25 academic year. In a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, the Congress leaders said in 2015, the state government had announced that reservation …

SSB Odisha Recruitment 2024: Application Process Begins For 786 Lecturer Vacancies
9 months ago

SSB Odisha Recruitment 2024: Application Process Begins For 786 Lecturer Vacancies

ABP News  

SSB Odisha Recruitment 2024: The State Selection Board Odisha has begun the application process for 786 Lecturer posts at non-government-aided colleges today, March 20. SSB Odisha Recruitment 2024: Vacancy Details Anthropology: 1 Botany: 32 Chemistry: 50 Gommerce: 46 Economics: 56 Education: 54 English: 50 Geography: 6 Hindi: 4 History: 109 Home Science: 4 IRPM: 1 Logic & Philosophy: 32 Mathematics: …

Bihar assembly passes bill to hike quotas for SCs, STs & backward classes to 65 per cent, surpasses SC's 50 per cent cap
1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar assembly passes bill to hike quotas for SCs, STs & backward classes to 65 per cent, surpasses SC's 50 per cent cap

Firstpost  

The Caste Survey report revealed that OBCs and the extremely backward classes sub-group account for a whopping 63 per cent of the state’s total of 13.07 crore, while SCs and STs together were slightly over 21 per cent. The Bihar Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to raise the quota for SCs, STs, Other Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes …

Reintroduce govt. quota seats in BVB College, urges ABVP
1 year, 4 months ago

Reintroduce govt. quota seats in BVB College, urges ABVP

The Hindu  

Seeking the re-introduction of government quota seats in BVB College of Engineering and Technology, scores of students took out a protest march and staged a demonstration before the college in Hubballi on Friday. Staging a demonstration before the college premises in Hubballi, the protesting students pointed out that every year poor meritorious students were able to get government quota seats …

Odisha Cabinet Approves Decision to Add 22 New Castes to State OBC List
1 year, 11 months ago

Odisha Cabinet Approves Decision to Add 22 New Castes to State OBC List

The Quint  

How much reservation do OBCs get in Odisha? However, whenever the government has tried to raise the quota, it has been struck down by the courts for crossing the 50% ceiling of total reservation set by the Supreme Court in the 1993 Indra Sawhney judgment. For example, Orissa High Court had struck down the Odisha Reservation of Posts and Services …

Implemented Karnataka Student Reservation In The University 'In Letter And In Spirit': NLSIU, Bangalore
1 year, 11 months ago

Implemented Karnataka Student Reservation In The University 'In Letter And In Spirit': NLSIU, Bangalore

Live Law  

The National Law School of India University has issued a Press Release on Admission of Karnataka students to the University, and has claimed that it has 'implemented the Karnataka Student reservation in letter and spirit'. Through an amendment of the National Law School of India Act, 1986, vide the Amendment Act, 2020, it had been proposed that there would be …

TS students to get 85% quota in B seats in Pvt MBBS, BDS colleges
2 years, 2 months ago

TS students to get 85% quota in B seats in Pvt MBBS, BDS colleges

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In good news for Telangana students, the health department reserved 85 per cent of ‘B’ category or management quota seats in private medical colleges for merit students. The health department issued GOs 129 and 130 to amend the admission rules to facilitate this, The state has 20 non-minority and four minority private medical colleges which offer 3,750 seats. The …

KCR announces 10 per cent quota for STs from next week
2 years, 3 months ago

KCR announces 10 per cent quota for STs from next week

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday announced that the government would enhance reservations to 10 per cent for Scheduled Tribes in education and employment from next week, from six per cent at present. For this reason, I have decided to issue a GO next week implementing the 10 per cent quota for STs, Rao said at a mammoth …

OBC reservation in India: History, state-wise quota, legal challenges, tussle for local body polls
2 years, 7 months ago

OBC reservation in India: History, state-wise quota, legal challenges, tussle for local body polls

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last week, the Maharashtra government had a setback when the Supreme Court directed the State to release the schedule for local civic polls across the state within two weeks, upholding its stay on reservations for Other Backward Classes. Local body elections in Maharashtra have been on hold since the apex Court stayed the 27 per cent …

Puducherry Local Body Elections: Madras High Court To Decide If Reservation For Backward Classes Is Mandatory
3 years ago

Puducherry Local Body Elections: Madras High Court To Decide If Reservation For Backward Classes Is Mandatory

Live Law  

In a batch of petitions challenging the withdrawal of reservation for Backward Classes and Scheduled Tribes in the upcoming Puducherry local body elections, the Madras High Court is set to examine if providing reservation for BC is mandatory as per the Constitutional provisions or not. The senior Counsel for the state has also said that Articles 243- and 243- which …

Odisha govt forms committee for reservation of govt school students in medical, engineering colleges
3 years, 11 months ago

Odisha govt forms committee for reservation of govt school students in medical, engineering colleges

India Today  

A ‘high power’ committee was constituted by the Odisha government on Thursday to make certain recommendations regarding reservation for students of state-run high schools in engineering and medical courses, according to an official release. On December 28, 2020, the Odisha Cabinet had proposed a reservation for students who passed from government schools for admissions into various medical and engineering colleges. …

Odisha to introduce quota in engineering, medical colleges for state-run school pass-outs
3 years, 11 months ago

Odisha to introduce quota in engineering, medical colleges for state-run school pass-outs

Hindustan Times  

The Odisha government on Monday decided to make a provision for reservation in engineering and medical colleges for students passing out from state-run schools. “The quota in engineering and medical colleges for students passing out from state-run schools will be introduced from the next academic year,” School and Mass Education Minister S R Dash said. Students passing matriculation examinations from …

Cabinet approves quota for Odisha govt school students in medical, engineering colleges
3 years, 11 months ago

Cabinet approves quota for Odisha govt school students in medical, engineering colleges

India Today  

State cabinet presided by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday cleared a resolution proposing quota in medical and engineering courses in colleges for students of government-run schools in the state. The resolution was moved in the backdrop of a drop in the number of students from Odisha’s government high schools and colleges in medical and engineering courses with the …

Scholarship amount not to be reduced for SC, ST students: Odisha CM
4 years, 1 month ago

Scholarship amount not to be reduced for SC, ST students: Odisha CM

India Today  

The Odisha government has recently announced that the monetary amount for the post-matric scholarship set for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students will not be reduced, despite strong protest from opposition political parties and students. Odisha’s Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik, also issued a statement in which he said, “There will be no change in the amount of post-matric scholarship for …

Centre aims to make education better for SCs
4 years, 5 months ago

Centre aims to make education better for SCs

Live Mint  

The Union government aims to assess more than five million students from scheduled castes and make “direct and specific” intervention for improving their education outcome. Higher education regulator University Grants Commission has advised colleges and universities to ascertain and rectify, once universities open, the educational shortcomings among SC students, who comprise 14.9% of the higher education students’ population. “There shall …

Discover Related