This is an archive article published on November 8, 2022

EWS Quota: Uneven adoption in govt-run institutions

The UGC had issued instructions to all central universities, colleges and deemed-to-be universities “whose maintenance expenditure is met by the UGC” for implementation and compliance of the newly-introduced quota policy from the academic year 2019-20.

Implementation of the EWS quota has affected student-teacher ratio. File

2 min readNew DelhiNov 9, 2022 03:43 PM IST First published on: Nov 8, 2022 at 02:46 AM IST

The promulgation of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act, introducing a 10 per cent EWS quota in higher education institutions, was followed up by the Centre with the approval of over 2.14 lakh additional seats in 158 centrally funded institutions at a cost of Rs 4,315 crore.

The UGC had issued instructions to all central universities, colleges and deemed-to-be universities “whose maintenance expenditure is met by the UGC” for implementation and compliance of the newly-introduced quota policy from the academic year 2019-20 itself.

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While the full break-up of the release of the approved funds was not immediately available, there have been indications that many higher educational institutes are yet to receive a large proportion of the promised funds. For instance, of the total allocation, Rs 1,000 crore was earmarked for the 23 IITs.