Mobilenews24x7 Bureau
New Delhi, March 25 : BJP MP Sushil Modi on Friday demanded abolition of admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas through the discretionary quota of 10 seats for each MP and 17 for the Management Commitee Chairman every academic year. He highlighted that 29,000 admissions take place through discretionary quota of MPs and the sponsoring authority. “As a result, 7,880 admissions are executed through the MPs’ quota and if the admissions under the Chairman’s quota are included, the number surges to 29,000.
Moreover a discretionary quota in admissions lacks transparency or adherence to meritocracy, thus being susceptible to corruption. The spirit of such discretion is undemocratic and hence must be retired,” he said. There’s a flagrant disregard of the constitutional provision of reservations — the 50 per cent constitutionally mandated reservation for SC, ST and OBCs is ignored in the exercise of the admissions quota, he said.
“As a consequence, due to this quota we have been depriving about 16,000 students of marginalized communities and disadvantaged sections from their constitutional right to reservation in admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas,” Modi said. He urged the government to scrap the quota entirely rather than enhancing it. “As increasing the quota will rather exacerbate the problem as more people would approach MPs seeking admissions.” Modi said that since the quota facilitates admissions over and above class strength of KVs, this inflates the class beyond prescribed strength and distorts the student-teacher ratio.
with agency inputs
