Is Reservation in Higher Education Only Alternative for Social Equality?

Cast Based Reservation System is unnecessary. Its really stupid to give more priorities to people who don't deserve it. Reservations in education and Professional Jobs are dragging India back in the development phase.

Giving special priority to Backward cast is actually highlighting the presence of such people.

I have only one question, whether any person got employment under reservation helped his own siblings to get educated or well settled? No, he simply ignores his own family members including parents as he feel them outdated. Whether he try to educate his own children with merit? No, he wish his children also come up with reservation.

Even an MP/MLA s children get reservation and lakhs of rupees scholarships. Whether ever Government called for the accounts from beneficiaries how the scholarship was spent? No, if so, does the nation or the society is benefited from reservation?

Reservation should be there, but not because of casteism but for background status, but one more thing, As being a brahmin, my Dadaji told me DAT their ancestors or upper caste people didn't allow sc st people to grow up, the brahmins n pandits created the casteism n sc st people were not allowed to go to school even, Dr.BR Ambedkar he seated on the floor n studied, he was not allowed to drink water from same well. This is what upper caste, we people did, so definitely they will ask for their rights of reservation, from my end it's OK.

Reservation on the basis of caste should be completely abolished. The time when caste reservations were introduced, there was an immense need for it. But the scenario has quite changed now. Casteism no longer prevails in this country. Reservations should be purely based on the economic status of people then only it can serve its purpose.

In my view maintenance of social equality depends on people's thinking and cannot be attained by reservation.

Specially in case of education and jobs, I am unable to understand why seats are reserved!the main purpose of an exam is to identify the better and more hardworking ones and for a healthy country it is necessary that EVERYONE SHOULD BE EQUAL BEFORE EXAMINATIONS.

Every candidate who is sitting in an exam should be treated the same; giving them preference to others is unfair for all those students who secure the same marks as them but are rejected. Every student has a same identity, they cannot be selected on the basis of their caste. They need to be selected on the basis of their ability, not their family background.

Do you think giving extra facilities to backward castes can ever contribute towards our nation's progress? Instead the backward castes in this way would grow negligent towards education as they know there are special seats reserved for them!

How many backward caste students are sitting in an exam does not show their percentage population. There reservation of seats for them specially for education is meaningless.

Moreover reservation can never contribute to social equality- in fact it will enlighten the rebellious spirit between upper castes and lower castes. The tag of "INEQUALITY " will get stamped on their minds and one day will surely lead to a disastrous conclusion.

Instead, for establishing social equality we need to have respect towards everyone. Such preferential steps proclaim "social inequality, not equality".

The reservation should be on the basis of the actual economical condition of the person. It should be removed from the basis of caste. The poor should get the reservation only.

Three things should be done before removing reservation system.

1) Free education - There should not be any educational fee. So that every child rich or poor have equal opportunity everywhere.

2) Educational tax - Instead of taking fee, their should be educational tax so that all class of families rich, poor or middle afford it.

3) Ban private coaching institutes - If anyone want to teach, teach every child equally not just for their money. Instead of teaching in schools or college teachers open their own tution center so students who don't have deep pockets don't get good guidance.

Education is future of country, don't make it business.

Hello friends good afternoon.

I would like to share my opinion pleas don't mind. It is very difficult task to remove the reservation in India but still we can solve the problem (as many friends specified above) by changing selection procedure for reservation.

The selection of student for scholarship is on the basis of some entrance exam instead of their cast or all the admission is on the basis of open merit percentage and you can give scholarship for SC/ST etc.

I think it may be work for people who get frustration because of reservation and many student feel happy youth power is the power of country.

Thank you.

My opinion.

Reservation should be banned in education. Because of reservation in education, talented students can not get more chance. SC/ST/OBC students get more chance than the general cast students. In not only education in also government sectors they get more chance than the others.

No, it is not the only alternative for social equality. Because of this, alternative many deserving candidates do not get admission and have to compromise. So, there is a kind of trade off. Instead of making reservations, there fees should be subsidized depending upon income of the family. This will help in taking admission easily. But the opportunities for all should be same and same admission criteria must be followed.