New Delhi: A parliamentary panel on Wednesday recommended to enact a law to make reservation in private higher educational institutions – 27%for OBCs, 15%for SCS, and 7.5%for STS – with government criteria, with the status of Eminence (IOE), with the status of Eminence (IOE), there is a flag -making of students of socially backward communities in private universities.
The central government has given IOE status to 20 institutions (10 public and 10 private), which has given them special recognition, more autonomy and financial assistance to achieve world class standards.
In the report submitted in Parliament on Wednesday, the report submitted in Parliament on Wednesday cited various orders of the Supreme Court to emphasize reservation for SC, ST and OBC in private educational institutions in the report submitted in Parliament on Wednesday.
To introduce reservation for SCS, STS and OBCs in private higher education institutions, the committee asked the government to follow 25% quota of the Education (RTE) Act in the model of private schools – where the fees are reimbursed by the government.
Private educational institutions are currently not bound by law to implement reservation policies. The panel called the absence of reservation in private educational institutions “obstructing social justice in this country”.
“The committee, therefore, recommends that Article 15 (5) of the Indian Constitution be implemented by Parliament through law. The committee recommended that 27%, 15% and 7.5% seats should be reserved for OBC, SCS and STS respectively, which are in private high educational institutions.”
Article 15 (5) inserted through the 93rd constitutional amendment in 2006, allows the government to make reservation compulsory for SC, ST and OBC students in private educational institutions. In May 2014, at the Pramati Educational and Cultural Trust We Union of India, the Supreme Court upheld the entirety of Article 15 (5) of the Indian Constitution.
The All-India Survey of Higher Education (Aishe), citing 2021-22 data, lists 517 private universities, 240 central institutions and 445 state institutions, the panel said that public institutions cannot fulfill the demand alone, which has made private HeIS important to adjust students from all sections of society.
Congress General Secretary (Communication) Jairam Ramesh said in a statement that it is no longer possible to “ignore the demand of SC, ST and OBC communities for reservation in private higher education. Saying that the panel report has given the demand for “renewed impattous”, which was also mentioned in the party’s 2024 “Nyay Patra” manifesto, he said, “The ball is now in the Modi government’s court.”
