Reservation Issue

Reservations In Indian Universities

The basis of Reservations in general is to give a chance for the deprived members of the society to be on par with other members of the society. I agree wholeheartedly with the Government in this regard. I feel it is a good policy but the implementation has gone haywire. Many claim university seats by exploiting the loop holes & by using, money power, political clout etc. They are not deprived in terms of power or economy. Actually the real deprived are still left behind & so the reservation policy becomes ineffective.
The authorities need to plug the loop holes & implement it the best way to serve the purpose it was intended for. Reservation only gives you a place in the university but to graduate from the university the student has to go through the entire process & grind as everyone does. So in principal one should not doubt the credibility of the graduates passing out from the universities be it doctors, engineers or whatever as long as they complete the entire system successfully.

In my opinion if people loose faith about the system of the university then that needs serious thinking. I think more concentration is given on the entrance requirements & exams to the universities rather than the talent or capability of graduates that come out from the university after going through the entire process successfully. I think the product that comes out from the university should be acceptable if the standard for graduating from the university is good & the system follows the norms strictly. So the only concern is that many students who have scored better during the qualifying exams to get admission are bypassed.
As I see it there is only a thin line of difference on the scores for qualifying & in fact the difference is (decimals) in many cases which is negligible. What difference does it make between a person who scores 90% & one who scores 88%.Is there too much of difference in intelligence? Will he make a poor quality professional when he does graduate? I think not. Then why should he be denied a place to join the professional colleges especially if he or she is from those deprived classes. The qualification requirements for entry in the universities are set based on research and any student who could achieve the requirements should be capable enough to succeed. So one cannot say that the student is not fit for the course he is opting if he succeeds in fulfilling the requirements set by university for graduating.

The problem is what about those who were left out because of this clause regarding concession for the deprived. The best solution for this problem is to have better colleges with better infrastructure so that the intake is more & the standards of the product are high. That way all can be accommodated.To have better standards the educational systems should be changed & the product becomes desirable in the job market. This is where the concentration should be rather that fighting against the deprived class. I agree reservation with proper implementation is for a purpose, but it has taken a wrong turn for worse. Let us be more pragmatic. Whenever there is imbalance allocations are made to balance it out.

I felt dismayed when I read the news Doctors go on indefinite fast in the capital because the would-be or the so called doctors who take oath to serve the people are protesting for the wrong reasons & if they are reasonable they wouldn’t deprive the poor who are affected by this strike. I feel they care less for the poor. The attitude of doctors is of prime importance in this noble profession. The society does not require high end doctors who don’t have an attitude to serve the people. If at all they want to protest they have to adopt ways where the care for society is not compromised. It is the same in all professions that are primordially to serve the society in general

Ahsan Ghori