Tamil Nadu Refuses to Accept AICTE's Norms

Refusing to abide by the norms set by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the Tamil Nadu government has decided to continue its own norms that it formulated last year.

The AICTE circular would make social justice philosophy meaningless, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Wednesday said in a statement.

He said the state government, in order to make engineering courses available to all sections of the student community, had laid down the minimum qualifying marks as 50% for general category, 45% for backward classes, 40% for most backward classes and 35% for the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.

Karunanidhi said following the AICTE norms would exclude students from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, backward classes and students from rural areas.

He also urged the AICTE to revoke its circular in the larger interests of the student community without citing that education is under concurrent list of the Indian constitution.

Source: igovernment

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Sun, 05/08/2011 - 09:13

Dr A K WAHI (not verified)

COMMENTS ON RESERVATION FOR SC/ST etc

Politicians are spoiling the education system. Students who can not study engineering are being admitted in the name of weaker section and SC/ST etc. How many jobs Mr Karunanidhi will create for them. State Govt can start their own Engineering colleges exclusive for reserved category even without any mimimum cut off marks and employ them in the state jobs . I hope TAMIL NADU WILL PROGRESS FAST with such ENGINEERS.

Thu, 05/05/2011 - 12:26

Prabhakar (not verified)

Tamil Nadu Refuses to Accept AICTE's Norms

From the news it appears the TN Govt. is furthering the cause of inclusion principle. It is aceptable subject to attaining desired outcomes in the national intersts. What are the ground realities? Most of the so called STs are not real STs. Normally a single caste of SCs, OBCs,VJs, NTs, SBCs, etc., capture almost all reserved seats. The SCs/STS students who appear in the general merit list are treated, as I undersatnd, as open category candidates, thereby admitting more SCs/STs than the reserved quota meant for the respective categories. The State bears the cost of education either fully or partially including that of EBCs and minorities. Most of the so called EBC candiadtes in reality do not belong to EBC.Now add up the quota for SC, ST, OBC, SBC, VJ, NT, minority, women, physically handicapped and Management quota, what is left for open category? The Regulatory bodies and State needs to design national oriented educational policy rather than vote-bank oriented. Let us rise above the party politics, above the election strategies, think about national growth, making it superpower rather than disintgrating/segmenting it. Stay cool, and introspect.

Thu, 05/05/2011 - 10:45

Anonymous (not verified)

In Name of Social Justice

Tamil Nadu Government or any state Govt., and infact Central Govt. Should subsidise fees for backward and chedule tribes. Keeping lower qualifying marks as entry criteria for social uplifting icsis nothing but Vote bank politics. Incase they want socila ulifting governments should pay fees for Backwards and scheduled tribes. Lower marks means that social uplifting of incapability. It will only degrade future generations.

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