When she is a merit student, why would reservation come into picture at the first place? Firstly they should consider admission under merit.
Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/ Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com Let's create an inclusive web! Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:44 PM, avinash shahi via Ai < ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote: > Tribune News Service > > Shimla, August 16 > > Indu is feeling shattered. Having completed her BA from RKMV College, > Shimla, she had applied for admission to MA (Pol Sc) in the Himachal > Pradesh University. > However, she failed to get admission as under the old rules, only one > seat out of 40 is reserved for disabled students and that seat went to > some other > student.A meritorious visually challenged girl, Indu had moved from a > remote area of Chamba to Shimla to pursue higher studies but denied > admission to > MA under the 5 per cent reservation quota for the disabled.The same > thing happened to Jitender Kumar and Vijay Kumar, visually challenged > students from > poor families, who were denied admission to B Ed, citing old rules. > Another glaring example is of the Department of Economics where no > seat has been reserved > for the disabled, resulting in denial of admission to Ravinder Thakur > of Sirmaur.The provisions of reservation to disabled students as per > the Rights of > Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPWD Act), have not been > implemented by the university.Apart from Indu, many other disabled > students like Jitender, > Vijay Kumar and Ravinder Thakur are running from pillar to post to get > justice but nobody is there to listen to their plight, said Ajai > Srivastava, a university > teacher and chairman of the Umang Foundation, fighting for the rights > of disable.The Act was passed by Parliament in December 2016 and after > receiving > the assent of the President, it was implemented on April 19, 2017.The > newly formed Disabled Students Association’s convener and a Ph.D > scholar Satish Kumar > said 5 per cent reservation was mandatory in each class and every year. > article end > http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/disabled-denied- > hpu-seat-in-violation-of-act/452694.html > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > > To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach: > https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist. > html > _______________________________________________ > > > Ai mailing list > Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai >
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