Agartala, June 25: The Manik Sarkar government is seething over the HRD ministry’s decision to do away with quota for Tripura students outside the state in various engineering colleges, including NITs.
Therefore, the entire quota of 160 seats for Tripura students is set to go.
But as a consolation prize, the quota for students of the home state in NIT Agartala will still be 50 per cent of the total number of seats, that is, 456. Earlier, the total number of seats was 420 among which 210 were reserved for students from Tripura.
“The matter will be discussed threadbare at a high-level meeting in Delhi tomorrow and the commissioner of the higher education department will attend the meeting and communicate our stand,” the chief minister told the state Assembly today.
Sarkar said 50 per cent quota for Tripura students in the newly launched NIT Agartala cannot resolve the problems of technical education in the state.
The state government would never accept the unilateral slashing of quota for Tripura students, the chief minister said.
The HRD ministry had earlier clarified that national reservation formula would be implemented in NIT Agartala but the state government had opposed the decision.
“There is a clear ruling by the Supreme Court that the reservation formula followed at the national level cannot be enforced in institutions located within areas under the Sixth Schedule and our NIT is under areas of this schedule. Despite our repeated appeals, the HRD ministry has not yet informed us of its decision,” Sarkar said.
On reservation of seats for OBCs, he said in the current academic year, nine per cent reservation would be granted for the OBCs and it would progressively increase based on the growth in infrastructure.
Sarkar said the location of NIT Agartala under the Sixth Schedule area has created problem in the matter of reservation because the Supreme Court has not specified the reservation formula to be followed in NITs.
“We are awaiting a decision from the HRD ministry,” Sarkar said.
The Opposition INPT has launched an agitation demanding admission of more tribal students. Source: telegraph india
Therefore, the entire quota of 160 seats for Tripura students is set to go.
But as a consolation prize, the quota for students of the home state in NIT Agartala will still be 50 per cent of the total number of seats, that is, 456. Earlier, the total number of seats was 420 among which 210 were reserved for students from Tripura.
“The matter will be discussed threadbare at a high-level meeting in Delhi tomorrow and the commissioner of the higher education department will attend the meeting and communicate our stand,” the chief minister told the state Assembly today.
Sarkar said 50 per cent quota for Tripura students in the newly launched NIT Agartala cannot resolve the problems of technical education in the state.
The state government would never accept the unilateral slashing of quota for Tripura students, the chief minister said.
The HRD ministry had earlier clarified that national reservation formula would be implemented in NIT Agartala but the state government had opposed the decision.
“There is a clear ruling by the Supreme Court that the reservation formula followed at the national level cannot be enforced in institutions located within areas under the Sixth Schedule and our NIT is under areas of this schedule. Despite our repeated appeals, the HRD ministry has not yet informed us of its decision,” Sarkar said.
On reservation of seats for OBCs, he said in the current academic year, nine per cent reservation would be granted for the OBCs and it would progressively increase based on the growth in infrastructure.
Sarkar said the location of NIT Agartala under the Sixth Schedule area has created problem in the matter of reservation because the Supreme Court has not specified the reservation formula to be followed in NITs.
“We are awaiting a decision from the HRD ministry,” Sarkar said.
The Opposition INPT has launched an agitation demanding admission of more tribal students. Source: telegraph india
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