Wednesday, November 4, 2009

[ZESTCaste] UoH students protest against cut-off marks

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UoH students protest against cut-off marks

Express News Service

First Published : 04 Nov 2009 02:50:00 AM IST

HYDERABAD: Piqued by the administration's decision to fix cut-off
marks to evaluate the performance of students at the entrance level,
University of Hyderabad students have staged a massive rally in
protest here today.


The university administration has decided 45 per cent as the cut-off
marks for OBC candidates and 40 per cent for SC/STs for admission to
various programmes and courses. But many reserved category students
are not happy with the decision as a large chunk of seats were left
unfilled for the current academic year 2009-10. ``The administration's
decision is against the spirit of the principle of reservation. On the
one hand they recognise that some students come from deprived
background and at the same time the administration is being
exclusivist by fixing cutoff marks. It is not at all practical,'' G
Prabhakar, a Ph.D candidate in the history department, told Express.
The decision came at a time when the apex court thwarted a similar
move made by the Medical Council of India in the case of STs, terming
it as against the principle of reservation.

According to a reliable source in the university administration, about
70 to 80 seats have remained unfilled in the current academic year in
various courses and departments. When contacted, an academic section
official, on the condition of anonymity, said that the decision on the
cut-off marks was taken after going through the recommendations
suggested by the SC/ST standing committee.

PG students and research scholars have cried foul over the way the
decision was taken. The rules framed by the standing committee were
ten years old and none of the top brass approached the present
standing committee before taking this decision. ``We would fight till
the administration repeals its decision. This is not fair on the part
of an institution of higher learning to take arbitrary decisions,''
says Imli Nichet, a Naga student pursuing Ph.D at the School of Social
Exclusion and Inclusive Policy Studies.

Earlier, in the afternoon, hundreds of students thronged the
administrative block and tried to barge into the vice-chancellor's
chamber and shouted slogans against the administration.

They dispersed with the administration agreeing to consult the SC/ST
standing committee to take a final decision on the matter soon.


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