<p>The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) may soon introduce quota in admission for students belonging to Other Backward Castes (OBCs).At present, the government run-residential schools provide reservation in admission to students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) only.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing the national cultural integration meet of JNV students on Tuesday, Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Upendra Kushwaha described the absence of a quota system for OBC students as an “anomaly”, and assured that the government will soon take steps to “rectify” it.<br /><br />HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar was also present on the occasion. <br />The JNVs, which fill their seats with 75% children from the rural areas, admit SC/ST <br />students under a flexible quota system.<br /><br />The seats are reserved in proportion to the SC and ST population in the district, provided that marking of seats for such students should not be lesser than 15% for SC and 7.5% for ST. <br /><br />The total seats reserved for SC and ST students should also not go beyond 50% of the total number of seats.<br /><br />Kushwaha, who is in charge of the elementary education department of the HRD Ministry, had expressed displeasure on a previous occasion too. <br /><br />Addressing the event, Javadekar expressed dissatisfaction with the number of girl students in JNVs.<br /><br />Need more girl students<br />“Just 39% of the total students are girls. This is not good. We must make efforts to increase the enrolment of girls in the JNVs,” the HRD minister said.<br /><br />One-third of the total seats are reserved for girls in admissions to the JNVs. A total of 600 JNVs are functioning in the country. <br /><br />The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently approved the establishment of 62 new JNVs in 18 states, three of which will to be opened in Kolar, Ramanagara and Kalaburagi districts.<br /><br />“We will open more JNVs in the coming days,” Javadekar added.<br /></p>
<p>The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) may soon introduce quota in admission for students belonging to Other Backward Castes (OBCs).At present, the government run-residential schools provide reservation in admission to students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) only.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing the national cultural integration meet of JNV students on Tuesday, Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Upendra Kushwaha described the absence of a quota system for OBC students as an “anomaly”, and assured that the government will soon take steps to “rectify” it.<br /><br />HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar was also present on the occasion. <br />The JNVs, which fill their seats with 75% children from the rural areas, admit SC/ST <br />students under a flexible quota system.<br /><br />The seats are reserved in proportion to the SC and ST population in the district, provided that marking of seats for such students should not be lesser than 15% for SC and 7.5% for ST. <br /><br />The total seats reserved for SC and ST students should also not go beyond 50% of the total number of seats.<br /><br />Kushwaha, who is in charge of the elementary education department of the HRD Ministry, had expressed displeasure on a previous occasion too. <br /><br />Addressing the event, Javadekar expressed dissatisfaction with the number of girl students in JNVs.<br /><br />Need more girl students<br />“Just 39% of the total students are girls. This is not good. We must make efforts to increase the enrolment of girls in the JNVs,” the HRD minister said.<br /><br />One-third of the total seats are reserved for girls in admissions to the JNVs. A total of 600 JNVs are functioning in the country. <br /><br />The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently approved the establishment of 62 new JNVs in 18 states, three of which will to be opened in Kolar, Ramanagara and Kalaburagi districts.<br /><br />“We will open more JNVs in the coming days,” Javadekar added.<br /></p>
