Thursday, January 17th, 2019
Centre plans to roll out 10% EWS quota in two phases, eyes private institutes
The Union government was reported in January 2019 to be planning to introduce the 10% quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) across educational institutions over two academic sessions, completing the process by 2020. It was also preparing a new bill that would bring private higher education institutes under reservation rules. The proposed bill Under the plan, private educational institutes would also have to apply the existing combined 49.5% reservation for OBC, SC and ST candidates from this year, provided Parliament approved the proposed law. The government was trying to moveRead More