06-18-2007, 10:25 AM
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Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi
<b>The Catholic Church wants to do better than the Church of North India as far as attracting people to the Christianity is concerned. </b>
While the Church of North India (CNI), the trustees of St Stephen's College, has increased quota for Christian students in the prestigious college, the Delhi Catholic Archdiocese (DCA) has plans to bring a Christian quota in appointments in its institutions. The DCA among others runs the Jesus and Mary College, St Columbus School and Don Bosco School.
According to Reverend Dominic Emmanuel, the spokesperson and Director of the DCA, the Christians are the most educated religious minority and top the list of the unemployed in the country. "The Christians are the most suffering minority in this country. Despite their being educated, fewer job opportunities are available to them. The National Sample Survey Organisation's (NSSO) report called 'employment and unemployment situation among major religious groups in India' published last year proves this point," he said, adding that the minority educational institutions run by the Christian community should reserve seats in teaching for their own people." The institutions should employ more and more candidates from Christian background so that they do not remain unemployed despite being well educated," he said.
When told that institutions like the Jesus and Mary College are governed as per the service rules enunciated in the Ordinances of Delhi University, Reverend Emmanuel said: "We would find means to overcome these obstacles but we are firm in going ahead with the idea of giving employment to Christians in our educational institutions."
He said that some of the Catholic Church maintained institutions run after excellence and forget their basic responsibility and they need to be taught a lesson. "There are some institutions which are confused about the their objective and run after quality and excellence. They need to understand the main motive of a Christian institution," he said.
When asked about the time by which this decision would be implemented, Emmanuel said that they had just come to know about the problem and were in the process of evolving a policy on it.
The Catholic Church runs about 12,000 schools and 600 colleges across the country. The institutions run by the organisation includes big names like Loyola College, Chennai; St Xaviers Colleges in Mumbai and Kolkata, Jesus and Mary College in Delhi.
Emmanuel accused the apathetic nature of other communities including the Hindus as one of the reasons behind the unemployment of Christians. "The employer in industrial sector or for that matter any other sector are mostly Hindus or non-Christians and their apathy can be one of the reasons behind the unemployment of educated Christians," he said while adding that the Christian community is not cared for in this country.
Since St Stephen's is Protestant, Catholics too to start quota in jobs in their institutions
Christians are the most suffering minorities, says Church
Despite being well-educated, Christians remain unemployed, says Church
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Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi
<b>The Catholic Church wants to do better than the Church of North India as far as attracting people to the Christianity is concerned. </b>
While the Church of North India (CNI), the trustees of St Stephen's College, has increased quota for Christian students in the prestigious college, the Delhi Catholic Archdiocese (DCA) has plans to bring a Christian quota in appointments in its institutions. The DCA among others runs the Jesus and Mary College, St Columbus School and Don Bosco School.
According to Reverend Dominic Emmanuel, the spokesperson and Director of the DCA, the Christians are the most educated religious minority and top the list of the unemployed in the country. "The Christians are the most suffering minority in this country. Despite their being educated, fewer job opportunities are available to them. The National Sample Survey Organisation's (NSSO) report called 'employment and unemployment situation among major religious groups in India' published last year proves this point," he said, adding that the minority educational institutions run by the Christian community should reserve seats in teaching for their own people." The institutions should employ more and more candidates from Christian background so that they do not remain unemployed despite being well educated," he said.
When told that institutions like the Jesus and Mary College are governed as per the service rules enunciated in the Ordinances of Delhi University, Reverend Emmanuel said: "We would find means to overcome these obstacles but we are firm in going ahead with the idea of giving employment to Christians in our educational institutions."
He said that some of the Catholic Church maintained institutions run after excellence and forget their basic responsibility and they need to be taught a lesson. "There are some institutions which are confused about the their objective and run after quality and excellence. They need to understand the main motive of a Christian institution," he said.
When asked about the time by which this decision would be implemented, Emmanuel said that they had just come to know about the problem and were in the process of evolving a policy on it.
The Catholic Church runs about 12,000 schools and 600 colleges across the country. The institutions run by the organisation includes big names like Loyola College, Chennai; St Xaviers Colleges in Mumbai and Kolkata, Jesus and Mary College in Delhi.
Emmanuel accused the apathetic nature of other communities including the Hindus as one of the reasons behind the unemployment of Christians. "The employer in industrial sector or for that matter any other sector are mostly Hindus or non-Christians and their apathy can be one of the reasons behind the unemployment of educated Christians," he said while adding that the Christian community is not cared for in this country.
Since St Stephen's is Protestant, Catholics too to start quota in jobs in their institutions
Christians are the most suffering minorities, says Church
Despite being well-educated, Christians remain unemployed, says Church
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