<span style='color:red'>Central Muslim Universities</span>
The Centre plans to launch three new central universities that will be classified âminorityâ educational institutions and could be allowed to reserve up to 50 per cent seats for Muslim students.
The human resource development ministry is set to approve a proposal by the minority affairs ministry to start the universities in <b>Bangalore, Ajmer (Rajasthan) and Kishanganj (Bihar)</b>, officials said.
âThe aim is to launch universities that would have central funding, and the autonomy required to cater to the needs of the Muslim community in particular,â a minority affairs ministry official said.
Only four per cent of undergraduate students are Muslims, when the communityâs population share is 13.4 per cent, the Rajinder Sachar committee has said.
The Supreme Court is examining a petition by the Centre against an earlier Allahabad High Court order striking down the minority character of Aligarh Muslim University.
No other central university is officially recognised as a minority institution under the legislation that created it, though sections of the faculty and students at Delhiâs Jamia Millia Islamia are demanding minority status.
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The Centre plans to launch three new central universities that will be classified âminorityâ educational institutions and could be allowed to reserve up to 50 per cent seats for Muslim students.
The human resource development ministry is set to approve a proposal by the minority affairs ministry to start the universities in <b>Bangalore, Ajmer (Rajasthan) and Kishanganj (Bihar)</b>, officials said.
âThe aim is to launch universities that would have central funding, and the autonomy required to cater to the needs of the Muslim community in particular,â a minority affairs ministry official said.
Only four per cent of undergraduate students are Muslims, when the communityâs population share is 13.4 per cent, the Rajinder Sachar committee has said.
The Supreme Court is examining a petition by the Centre against an earlier Allahabad High Court order striking down the minority character of Aligarh Muslim University.
No other central university is officially recognised as a minority institution under the legislation that created it, though sections of the faculty and students at Delhiâs Jamia Millia Islamia are demanding minority status.
http://www.telegraphindia.com//1080922/jsp...ory_9869150.jsp