In second year of quotas for backward groups, campuses struggle to cope
Finding enough water, electricity and hostel rooms are the issues troubling VK. Jain, registrar of Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University as he tries to find place for the 300 new students from other backward communities (OBCs).
"We have built a new hostel, which should be opened this academic session," said Jain, whose campus has about 5,500 students. "But that will still keep more than 1,000 students on the waiting list." He'll also need 95 new teachers, and is planning new buildings for each of JNU's 14 departments.
As some of India's most well known educational institutions enter the second academic year since the Supreme Court upheld 27 per cent reservation for students from OBCs in centrally-aided institutions, campuses am still struggling to provide for the flood of students.
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"We have built a new hostel, which should be opened this academic session," said Jain, whose campus has about 5,500 students. "But that will still keep more than 1,000 students on the waiting list." He'll also need 95 new teachers, and is planning new buildings for each of JNU's 14 departments.
As some of India's most well known educational institutions enter the second academic year since the Supreme Court upheld 27 per cent reservation for students from OBCs in centrally-aided institutions, campuses am still struggling to provide for the flood of students.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/
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