Reservations in colleges

Skyrocketing cut offs bought joy to only a handful of students. You have to see it to believe it-the competition here is really cut throat and to make it worse we have reservations.I understand the need of it in a country like India but consider this situation :- Two students study in the same school and even class, having the same subjects and are being taught by the same teacher. Wonder of wonders they even get the exact same marks. But here is the most astounding part- while one gets admission into a top college the other is roaming around like a lost soul in a not-so-good college.Why? 

Because of reservations.

And no, this isn't a hypothetical situation.

What can be a solution to this? Would it be more appropriate to reserve seats in schools?Then all the students who study in the same educational institution will have an equal and fair chance.That ways when students get selected in colleges it will be purely on merit basis and there will be no bias between a general category candidate and sc/st/obc candidate.College life has a huge influence on your career so wouldn't it make more sense that you get into it with sheer hard work?

I don't know about how well this could work or if it would work at all but there has to be some way around it.

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Edited by -Zeffa- - 11 years ago

College Reservations is a controversial matter in India,that's why they also a made on film on that..
on regarding the reservations..it is still going in many colleges..
the person who got the highest marks have to wait for good colleges and the person who get the low marks can easily enter into colleges using their caste/community..it's injustice..!!
and it's a different issue if the person belonging to OC/ST/Sc has scored good marks and entered into the college just by his/her marks..
the government thought that reservations will help the sc/st people by giving them equal rights..but it also created a problem for many students..
when they take any decision they have to weigh the pro's and con's ..but in reservations..
i don't think it a solution for issues like "giving equal rights" rather it created a big problem for many people..!!
 

The funda of "reservation" is being dragged along like a bubblegum. While the constitution was being drafted, it was said that with the passage of time, the percentage of reservation of seats etc would come down gradually. Edited by Angel-likeDevil - 11 years ago

The RTE cannot achieve much with the sort of educational facilities in most govt schools. Some schools are just a joke!

Edited by Angel-likeDevil - 11 years ago

What can be a solution to this? Would it be more appropriate to reserve seats in schools?Then all the students who study in the same educational institution will have an equal and fair chance.That ways when students get selected in colleges it will be purely on merit basis and there will be no bias between a general category candidate and sc/st/obc candidate.College life has a huge influence on your career so wouldn't it make more sense that you get into it with sheer hard work?

This is a major problem in india and a big hole in education facility.

Reservation should not be applied anymore and to get admission in any colg there should be entrance xams.
Giving admission on basis of Boards Result is certainly not fair , and moreover there should be proper subjects in every stream.
Needless subjects have to be removed atleast in colgs.

this quota system jus ruined the talent and carrier of many tons of students and will keep on doin.. This syatem has to be removed now..

Entrance xams has to be there so that every1 gets equal opprtunity.
Our eeducation system is jus ruined right now. . Quota quota and quota.