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In an unusual move, the Delhi government has set the cut-off marks higher for the Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates than that for the general category aspirants in one of its recruitment exams conducted to appoint science teachers in schools.
ET Services NEWS Powered by Quota for the rich? 28% of MBBS seats cost over Rs 10 lakh per year in tuition fees SECTIONS Quota for the rich? 28% of MBBS seats cost over Rs 10 lakh per year in tuition feesTNN Last Updated: Mar 07, 2021, 06:02 PM IST Share Synopsis How did we get to this 28%? It’s based on a detailed analysis of fees for the MBBS course in over 530 MBBS colleges. About half the seats in private colleges, excluding deemed universities, are in the management quota or NRI quota. Agencies (This story originally appeared in on Mar 07, 2021)Ab...
At IITs, PhD Applicants from Marginalised Communities Have Much Lower Acceptance Rate Data covering PhD admissions to major IITs between 2015 and 2019 shows that none of them fulfilled the government-mandated reservation policy for SC and ST students. A view of IIT Delhi. Credit: Bryn Pinzgauer/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Rights15/Feb/2021 New Delhi: Scholars from marginalised communities are significantly underrepresented in PhD programmes at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the country and applicants from these communities also have a lower acceptance rate. The Hindu in a three-part series,...