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Ordinance on university faculty reservations gets nod
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- The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance to return faculty reservations in higher education institutions to the earlier 200-point roster system.
- 200-point roster system is where the University or college as a whole, is considered as a unit, rather than each department.
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- Argument for the system:(1) A number of teachers and student unions, Dalit and Adivasi rights groups and political parties have been agitating for such a decision for over a year.(2) They argued that the 13-point roster system, which considered each department as a separate unit, effectively phased out reserved positions, especially in smaller departments.(3) This decision will address the long-standing demands of persons belonging to SCs/STs/SEBCs[Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Socially and Educationally Backward Classes] and ensure their rights envisaged under the Constitution
Source
The Hindu