08-13-2009, 05:17 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Readmit failed quota students: SC to IIT</b>
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Abraham Thomas | New Delhi
If quota can win you admission, it can keep you from being expelled too. Sending out this controversial message to all premier educational institutions, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi to reconsider the expulsion of six Scheduled Caste students despite securing low grades.
Putting the onus of making the reserved category students at par with the general category students in the institute, the Bench of Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan, Justice P Sathasivam and BS Chauhan said, âThese socially and economically backward categories are to be taken care of at every stage even in the specialised institutions like IITs. They (institute) must make all endeavours by providing additional coaching and bring them at par with general category students.â
With the decision, even as the reserved candidates will continue to stay put in the institution despite low grades, their meritorious counterparts from general category could be shown the door for failing to meet the standards.
The decision has come as a big setback to the premier educational institutions. Apart from bearing the burden of reservation by admitting students under quota, they would now have to ensure that the students are equipped to pass in every semester.
The IIT-Delhi, which staunchly defended its decision argued before the apex court that reserved category students are at the receiving end of several benefits when it comes to grant of credits. At the end of first year, while general category students have to earn 20 credits, a reserved student should earn 16. Again at the end of second year and subsequent years, the difference of credits to be earned gets wider with a general category students earning 50 credits while SC/ST/OBC candidate only 46 credits.
In the particular case of the six students, the institute pointed out that the results of the students were being monitored from the first year and after the first signs of deterioration became visible, the studentsâ parents were informed. It was only after the results failed to pick up after the second semester results that the Standing Review Committee of the institute decided to expel them.
Following their expulsion in May-June 2008 for failing in the tests,<b> the students blamed the IIT for not providing them adequate coaching classes, the expelled candidates laid the blame on the institute for discriminating against them by denying them summer classes to improve their grades and match the general category students.</b>
Justice Sathasivam, who wrote the judgement for the Bench, found sufficient reasons to agree with the students. It said, âIn IIT-Delhi there is no Slow Track Programme for the students who failed to achieve the required credits in the first and second year. â Again, it held, <b>âIn all the IITs except Delhi, the students are allowed to take up summer courses or examinations for making up any shortfall in their average credits.â</b>
In this backdrop, <b>the court found no ground to uphold the expulsion order and instead asked the institute to give one more opportunity to the candidates.</b> Without expressing so in clear terms, the Bench said, âWe direct IIT to consider their case afresh in the light of the various aspects mentioned above and in view of the peculiar facts, reappraise their performance taking note of special features available or applicable to these reserved categoriesâ¦.â <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Just pass them and appoint them Chairman of Air India, then GOI will bailout Air India and they will also appoint 7 people to help one Chairman of Air India.
pioneer.com
Abraham Thomas | New Delhi
If quota can win you admission, it can keep you from being expelled too. Sending out this controversial message to all premier educational institutions, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi to reconsider the expulsion of six Scheduled Caste students despite securing low grades.
Putting the onus of making the reserved category students at par with the general category students in the institute, the Bench of Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan, Justice P Sathasivam and BS Chauhan said, âThese socially and economically backward categories are to be taken care of at every stage even in the specialised institutions like IITs. They (institute) must make all endeavours by providing additional coaching and bring them at par with general category students.â
With the decision, even as the reserved candidates will continue to stay put in the institution despite low grades, their meritorious counterparts from general category could be shown the door for failing to meet the standards.
The decision has come as a big setback to the premier educational institutions. Apart from bearing the burden of reservation by admitting students under quota, they would now have to ensure that the students are equipped to pass in every semester.
The IIT-Delhi, which staunchly defended its decision argued before the apex court that reserved category students are at the receiving end of several benefits when it comes to grant of credits. At the end of first year, while general category students have to earn 20 credits, a reserved student should earn 16. Again at the end of second year and subsequent years, the difference of credits to be earned gets wider with a general category students earning 50 credits while SC/ST/OBC candidate only 46 credits.
In the particular case of the six students, the institute pointed out that the results of the students were being monitored from the first year and after the first signs of deterioration became visible, the studentsâ parents were informed. It was only after the results failed to pick up after the second semester results that the Standing Review Committee of the institute decided to expel them.
Following their expulsion in May-June 2008 for failing in the tests,<b> the students blamed the IIT for not providing them adequate coaching classes, the expelled candidates laid the blame on the institute for discriminating against them by denying them summer classes to improve their grades and match the general category students.</b>
Justice Sathasivam, who wrote the judgement for the Bench, found sufficient reasons to agree with the students. It said, âIn IIT-Delhi there is no Slow Track Programme for the students who failed to achieve the required credits in the first and second year. â Again, it held, <b>âIn all the IITs except Delhi, the students are allowed to take up summer courses or examinations for making up any shortfall in their average credits.â</b>
In this backdrop, <b>the court found no ground to uphold the expulsion order and instead asked the institute to give one more opportunity to the candidates.</b> Without expressing so in clear terms, the Bench said, âWe direct IIT to consider their case afresh in the light of the various aspects mentioned above and in view of the peculiar facts, reappraise their performance taking note of special features available or applicable to these reserved categoriesâ¦.â <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Just pass them and appoint them Chairman of Air India, then GOI will bailout Air India and they will also appoint 7 people to help one Chairman of Air India.