Stop Reservations

Most reserved category students at IIT are not able to cope with the pressure, say professors at IIT-Delhi — substantiating their claim with statistics doled out by the Students Review Committee (SRC).

The SRC, comprising professors, counsels students who perform badly. According to data for the current session, 73 of the 144 students referred to the SRC (for facing academic problems) belong to the reserved category.

IITs have 22.5 per cent of their seats reserved for students from SC/ST category. So out of 2,100 seats for all streams of B Tech in IIT-Delhi, 473 are for quota students.

"There has been no change of trend over a period of time. Of all students referred to the SRC, a major proportion belongs to the reserved category", said a professor.

"The trend is that most of these students lack the very basic knowledge of core subjects in the area. It is not just lower grades, they also face competition related issues. A large number of quota students get good stream like computer sciences and mechanical engineering without much effort. But they can't compete, and mid way they ask for transfer to easier streams like civil engineering and textiles", he said.

# posted by Sony @ 9:30 pm