Debates on Reservation

Last month I was in Delhi and went through different magazines and newspapers, all of them were filled with recent debate started by young minds of India. The topic of debate was reservation for backward classes in educational institution. They were blaming our HRD minister.

Despite there are several arguments by several respected persons against reservation, I’m with reservation because of following reasons –
1. Socially backward classes will get message that there is hope for them to sit with others with dignity.
2. Now poor students can also go to big institutions.
3. India’s image that t has a system of caste based discrimination will be wiped out.

Swatantra, Patna

India is a developing country and has a wide difference between start and end of literacy graph.for some or other reason.mandal commision raised reservation of obcs to relevel this graph. But the most important thing to be noted is that reservation is applied at undergraduate level. But do you think that these children of obcs become capable of appearing for PMT or IIT entrance. They need reservation not for PMT ant IIT but in LKG and UKG. If they have no reservation at LKG and UKG reservation at undergraduate has no meaning at all.

Shahbaz, Patna

Leaders are always clever, instead of providing facility to MBC, OBC, BC students they are going for easy solution ‘RESERVATION’. There should not be such kind of solution which creates difference among SC, MBC, FC, and OBC. In my point of view government should take strict decision to educate them. Half of the effort should be given in educating them.
While their preparation of entrance exam from class 8th till 12th they should be given special kind of facility (which they require like good books for maths, physics, chemistry, biology, commerce, economics, accounts and good coaching centre) free of cost ,so that their little money can be used up in eating as well as in amusement. And like this all Indian students will have same kind of sword to fight the battle. Those who will get good rank in entrance exam like IIT JEE, PMT, and AIEEE etc. will get seats accordingly.
Advantage….
1. More and more students will sit for entrance exam with good intention; number of good students will increase.
2. Number of seats in good institution will also increase.
3. Moreover India will develop soon, with its outstanding students.

Anonymous

Any body who doesn’t like reservation for backward castes must consider this simple law of political theory – “equal law for equals and unequal law for unequals”
If there are several people standing in a row for 800 meters race, they will be asked to take start from different points because then only, nobody could get unnecessary benefit of the curvature of the racing track. This methodology is used to pick up the champion due to his ability not due to his circumstances. Had all the racers been kept in same straight line then the racer in last row would have never win the race (even if you have given him the best food and the best physical training). So it means to have an equal footing for everyone you have to treat them unequally.

And anybody who thinks that efficiency of society is hampered then he must think twice.
The students who take admission in engineering and medical by giving heaps of donations are neither efficient nor honest but there is no hue and cry for this matter because they are the people who belong to affluent class. Moreover, we are thinking about social justice whenever we talk about reservation and even if it comes at the cost of excellence it doesn’t matter because it’s in the greater benefit of society.

But the problem here is that the Government has made it an instrument of minting the vote currency. The government expends only 3% of central budget on education but so much time and resources on the issue of reservation because it pays back quickly on the other hand the gestation period of education is very long. The whole system of primary education has collapsed, teachers are used as polling officers in the frequently arriving elections the schools even do not have dusters chalks and blackboards, school buildings are used as cow sheds. So we should fight against these anti people governments not the idea of reservation.

Sarfaraz, Patna

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April 2008

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