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The Reservation Rights Protection Committee has demanded to make reservations (50 per cent of total seats) mandatory in deemed and private universities.
The forum has also demanded to make reservation policy mandatory in foreign education institutions through necessary amendment in the draft of Foreign Education Institutions Bill 2010. The government should pay the fees of all SC,ST,Nomads and OBC, the forum has demanded.
The forum recently submitted a letter to newly nominated Rajya Sabha MP Bhalchandra Mungekar. In a letter the forum said,Though the deemed and private universities get direct or indirect aid in the form of land,tax concessions from the government,they are considered unaided. Dalit,Adivasis,Nomads and OBC students are finding it difficult to get admissions in these institutions.
There is also no provision of reservations in the proposed foreign education institutions bill. By doing this,government is forgetting the motto of inclusive growth at least in education sector. As per the article 15(5) introduced by the 93 rd constitutional amendment extensive powers have been given to the government/ parliament to make the reservation policy mandatory in all educational institutions including private unaided institutions. By using this constitutional authority,government should make provision of reservations mandatory in these institutes, says the letter.
