Featured

Quota For Govt School Kids In Engineering & Medical Colleges In Odisha Gets Cabinet Nod

By
OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Students completing their education from government-run school will now be eligible to avail quota during admissions to medical and engineering colleges in the state from next academic year.

A decision to this effect was taken by the State Cabinet at a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in a video conferencing on Monday.

Briefing media after the meeting, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Higher Education Saswat Mishra said after the introduction of centralised examinations like NEET and JEE for medical and engineering courses, it is observed that the number of meritorious students from government high schools and colleges in Odisha eligible for admission in these institutions has come down over the years due to a deeper divide in access to coaching classes, which is missing in rural areas.

These centralised competitive examinations require special skill sets which are imparted mainly at coaching centres and online coaching classes. But, as such centres are limited to mostly urban pockets and high economic cost of access to such facilities, thousands of meritorious students from the government school system are at a disadvantage and therefore, fare lower than their potential in the entrance examinations, he said.

To correct this imbalance and provide confidence to the meritorious students of government schools, the state government has decided to provide reservation to eligible government school and college students for admission in medical and engineering colleges from the next academic year onwards, Mishra pointed out.

To finalise the modalities for implementation of the Cabinet decision, a high-powered committee headed by retired Judge of Orissa High Court will be constituted with eminent persons, including educationists as members.

The Committee will be mandated to submit the report within three months so that the recommendations can be implemented from the next academic year.

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Odisha IAS Officer New DoPT Secy

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Tuhin Kanta Pandey, 1987-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, was on Monday assigned…

November 4, 2024

Bhubaneswar & Cuttack Bali Jatras To Open On Same Date

Bhubaneswar: The opening date of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack Bali Jatras this year face a clash…

November 4, 2024

Next Mass Extinction To Be Linked With Soaring Temperatures, Warn Scientists

Bhubaneswar: A recent study has warned that humans and animals will be wiped out from…

November 4, 2024

Did Shraddha Kapoor Reject Offer In Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa 2’ Due To Low Renumeration?

Mumbai: Ever since ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ went on floors, speculation was rife that ‘Stree…

November 4, 2024

‘Govt Framing Me’, Says RG Kar Rape-Murder Accused; Charges Drawn Up, Trial To Star On Nov 11

Kolkata: Sanjay Roy, the prime suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a Kolkata…

November 4, 2024

Vigilance Seizes Suspected Ill-Gotten Money Of Rs 2.8 Lakh From Govt Official In Odisha’s Keonjhar

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance officials seized suspected ill-gotten money amounting to Rs 2.8 lakh from an official…

November 4, 2024

Man Saved From Drowning For Timely Action By Fire Personnel In Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

Baripada: A man was saved from drowning in a deep well due to timely rescue…

November 4, 2024

‘Singham Again’: Netizens Compare Badass Arjun Kapoor With Amrish Puri

Mumbai: Actor Arjun Kapoor, who joined the third instalment of Rohit Shetty’s cop universe franchise…

November 4, 2024