Govt. is asking to all central universities, including BHU, to implement 27% OBC quota for recruitment of lecturer posts. Telegraph is in forefront for publishing national level education related news.
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Enter, central OBC teacher quota
CYRIL SAM
New Delhi, June 25: The 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes has been extended to lecturer posts in universities run by the Centre.
The human resource development ministry has asked all central universities and deemed universities to implement the quota for OBCs on the basis of a declaration of intent made after the Mandal commission flare-up.
The Backward Classes Commission, through which the central recommendation must pass, has also given its stamp of approval.
“The government is using the fact that it doesn’t need to go through the legislation route to implement job quotas to bring reservations for lecturers silently,” said Nisha Tomar, the Delhi University co-ordinator for the anti-quota group, Youth For Equality.
Unlike reservation in education — which needs a law — the government can bring in quotas in jobs on its discretion under Article 15 of the Constitution.