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Centre supports UP's law on quota in private institutes
Akshaya Mukul, TNN, Mar 26, 2010, 02.48am IST
NEW DELHI: Central government might have shelved the bill proposing
SC/ST/OBC reservation in private higher educational and professional
institutes but it is supporting Uttar Pradesh government's law that
has been challenged in the Allahabad High Court.
Mayawati government had brought a law making reservation mandatory in
private educational institutes including engineering and medical
colleges. It was done as per 93rd Constitution Amendment that inserted
Article 15 (5) in the Constitution and gave freedom to make special
provision by law for SCs/STs/OBCs in matters of admission in
educational institutions including private educational institutions,
whether aided or unaided by the State. Only minority educational
institutions were left out of the purview of reservation. Kerala has
also brought in a similar law, which too has been challenged in court.
HRD ministry sources said they had to support the UP law as it was
within Article 15 (5) of the Constitution.
P S Krishnan, former secretary, social welfare ministry, who piloted
the historic bill giving reservation to OBCs in jobs, welcomed HRD
ministry's support to the UP law but raised the larger question of
when the Centre itself would move that legislation. "It is mandated by
the 93rd Constitution amendment. Government should first bring the
reservation bill for private institutions and then extend it to
foreign education providers who will also be treated as private
universities,
Government has already said that national law will apply to foreign
universities. Since there is no law for reservation in private
universities in India, foreign universities will also be left out.
Krishnan said there was a concerted move by SC/ST/OBC MPs cutting
across party lines to raise the issue of leaving out private
institutions, including foreign universities, out of the purview of
reservation. Already, BJP and Left have objected to the Foreign
Education Providers Bill for not regulating fee and admission and
keeping them out of reservation. Considering that the government does
not have sufficient numbers in Rajya Sabha to pass the foreign
education providers bill, the demand to first regulate Indian private
universities is likely to gain strength in the coming days.
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