The Delhi University will add more than 16,000 seats to its existing 65,000 intake per year to implement the 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections of general category candidates in higher education, a report said today.
The Delhi University will add more than 16,000 seats to its existing 65,000 intake per year to implement the 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections of general category candidates in higher education, a report said today.
The Ministry of Human Resources Development has necessitated an increase of 25% in overall seats to implement 10% reservation for the EWS category.
The Central government-funded university currently has 56,000 seats fro graduate admissions and 9,500 seats for post graduate admissions, a Times of India report said.
The HRD Ministry has decided that the new quota will have to be to be implemented from the immediate new session, forcing the institutions to increase seats without upgrading the infrastructure.
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will also increase their intake by 590 and 346. These two institutions have limited hostel accommodation and an increase in number of students will make it difficult for many to get the facility.
Overall, with intakes going up in three central universities - JNU, DU and Jamia Millia Islamia - and other state-funded institutions, there will be more than 20,000 additional seats for students in the upcoming academic session.
The HRD Ministry announced last week that it will implement 10% reservation for economically weaker section of the general category from the 2019 academic session and increase around 25% seats in higher educational institutions and universities across the country.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar informed that the decision was taken at a meeting of officials from the ministry, University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).
"The reservation will be implemented from the 2019-2020 academic session itself. Nearly 25 per cent seats will be added to ensure that the reservation does not disturb the existing quota for SC, ST and other categories," Javadekar told reporters.
As per the All-India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), 2017-18, the country has a total of 903 universities, over 39,000 colleges and over 10,000 stand-alone institutions. The proposed reservation will be over and above the existing 50% reservation enjoyed by the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and the other backward classes, and will take the total reservation to 60 per cent. The bill is likely to introduce criteria like an annual income below Rs 8 lakh and not owning more than five acres of agricultural land for those seeking quota benefits.
Sources in the ministry said that around 10 lakh seats are likely to be added this year.
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