The quota menace, careers at stake
It’s a fight between power and quest for knowledge, as the HRD ministry and the IIMs decide on the date of the admission; aspirants and their parents’ spend sleepless nights hoping that the issue will be solved soon.
Pritha Roy Choudhury
April 21 : In a bid to retain its stay the Human Resource Development ministry has asked the IIMs to defer their admission procedure till the Apex Court gives it verdict on the reservation issue.
This is the first instance in the history of IIMs that the admission procedure has been delayed.
The Supreme Court is to hear the Centre’s plea to vacate its decision staying implementation of the 27 per cent quota in IITs and IIMs on April 23rd. In a tussle between the court, the ministry and the IIMs, the worst sufferers are the aspiring MBA students.
“Presently students are in a state of dilemma; because of the delay they might miss out on the other options as well. Like some students who are serious about completing their MBA in time and have enough funds to go abroad and study but have kept IIM on their priority might miss out on either of the options if things are delayed,” said Prashun Roy, who has just completed his MBA.
All the six IIMs were to hold a meeting recently, to decide on the admission issue. But it was called off after the central government sent fresh notice to the B-schools to put their admission process on hold till the apex court hears the matter on April 23.
Aspirants say they do not have anyone to fight their cause. Hundreds of students shell out huge sums of money on tutorials to prepare for the entrance exams for prestigious institutions like IIMs every year.
But when issues of such kind crop up these tutorials do little to back their students.
“Our job is to conduct classes for preparing them for the entrance exams like CAT (Common Admission Test) in lieu of the fees they pay. What they do after the exam, whether they clear or they do not clear, whether they are gaining access to any of the institution or not is not our headache,” said the head of one of the premier tutorials of India.
Again, India’s reservation policy according to the constitution was formed for the upliftment of particular sections of society until a certain period of time or till the motive was fulfilled. But whether it still needs to be continued is a point to be justified.
It can be said that the reservation regime as it has evolved, is being envisaged as a stable and permanent power sharing arrangement between different communities and not as a temporary measure to rectify the disparities that exist in our country.
While the argument goes on, we can conclude that it is the aspiring candidates and their parents who bear the brunt of such decisions, not the politicians for whom power is the central issue, if some people suffer, so be it!
This is the first instance in the history of IIMs that the admission procedure has been delayed.
The Supreme Court is to hear the Centre’s plea to vacate its decision staying implementation of the 27 per cent quota in IITs and IIMs on April 23rd. In a tussle between the court, the ministry and the IIMs, the worst sufferers are the aspiring MBA students.
“Presently students are in a state of dilemma; because of the delay they might miss out on the other options as well. Like some students who are serious about completing their MBA in time and have enough funds to go abroad and study but have kept IIM on their priority might miss out on either of the options if things are delayed,” said Prashun Roy, who has just completed his MBA.
All the six IIMs were to hold a meeting recently, to decide on the admission issue. But it was called off after the central government sent fresh notice to the B-schools to put their admission process on hold till the apex court hears the matter on April 23.
Aspirants say they do not have anyone to fight their cause. Hundreds of students shell out huge sums of money on tutorials to prepare for the entrance exams for prestigious institutions like IIMs every year.
But when issues of such kind crop up these tutorials do little to back their students.
“Our job is to conduct classes for preparing them for the entrance exams like CAT (Common Admission Test) in lieu of the fees they pay. What they do after the exam, whether they clear or they do not clear, whether they are gaining access to any of the institution or not is not our headache,” said the head of one of the premier tutorials of India.
Again, India’s reservation policy according to the constitution was formed for the upliftment of particular sections of society until a certain period of time or till the motive was fulfilled. But whether it still needs to be continued is a point to be justified.
It can be said that the reservation regime as it has evolved, is being envisaged as a stable and permanent power sharing arrangement between different communities and not as a temporary measure to rectify the disparities that exist in our country.
While the argument goes on, we can conclude that it is the aspiring candidates and their parents who bear the brunt of such decisions, not the politicians for whom power is the central issue, if some people suffer, so be it!
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