Thursday, May 26, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Many Dalits pass India's toughest exam--without quotas

 

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/bric-yard/many-dalits-pass-indias-toughest-exam-without-quotas

Many Dalits pass India's toughest exam--without quotas
Students eschew quotas after qualifying in general category
Jason Overdorf
May 26, 2011 07:42

Slowly but surely, India's controversial system of quotas in jobs and
education is working, the Times of India reports, citing the latest
results from what may be the world's most competitive entrance exam.

While suicides by students from the Dalit castes -- once known as
untouchable -- suggest that discrimination on campus is still a
serious problem, and anger about India's rigid affirmative action
system persists among upper caste parents and students, for perhaps
the first time these test results suggest that Dalit students are
making headway. Most likely, the improved economic status of the
previous generation, many of whom benefited from the quota system, has
much to do with the success of this one.

According to officials from the Joint Entrance Exam that is the
gatekeeper for the hyper-competitive Indian Institutes of Technology
(IITs), 10-15% of the students from the reservation categories scored
well enough to make the cut in the general category, where no quotas
apply.

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