PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2012 ID-32630
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had implemented the Mandal commission Recommendations in Central Educational Institutionsii. .
More recently, the three-year long struggle within the University for proper implementation of OBC reservations is also an important addition to the struggle for ensuring greater in the real contestation of perspectives of inclusiveness in educationiii. After the Constitutional Benchs decision to implement twenty seven percent OBC reservation in Central Educational Institutionsiv, JNU had not been able to fulfil the OBC seats because of an arbitrary criterion to interpret cut-off which was subsequently proved wrong by the Delhi High Court as well as the Supreme Courtv. The High Court and Supreme Court verdicts were considered to be major victories by forces inside the campus who consider representation of students from deprived social categories to be one of the essential parameters for the institution to be considered successful in achieving its stated objectives that include social justice and democratic way of lifevi. The changed cut-off criterion based on the Court Verdicts haves resulted in an increase in the number of OBC students in the campus. .
The demand to reduce weightage in viva-voce should be seen in a continuum withof these debates on ensuring an inclusive admission policy in campus. The present demand has not only renewed the debate on representation of students from different social, economic and regional background, but it has also initiated a debate on what comprises somebodys eligibility to get into higher educational institutions like JNU and also they very purpose of an institution. However, before one comes to a conclusive gears to assume a position on the current aforementioned issue of debates, it is important to take note of the pattern of marks distribution in written as well as viva voce in the JNU entrance exams in the last five years. and examine the picture that emerges. .
Data on the pattern of the written and viva voce markings across social categories in JNU entrance exam: .
Following demands Based on the demand put forward by the Students.
Union in the academic council of March 2012, the JNU Academic Council on 19 March 2012 decided to form a Committee to examine the data pertaining to admissions to various programmes of study where viva-voce is prescribed for the last five yearsvii. The present analysis on the impact of viva in JNUs entrance examination includes some calculations incorporated in the analysis of the Committee as well as some independent analysis by the author based on the data of marks obtained by students in the written as well as viva components of the entrance examination of JNU for the last five years (2007-08 to 2011-12). .
The data is available for different social categories like General, SC, ST, OBC and PH. The analysis includes comparison of marks in written and viva across these social categories. This analysis will bring out the impact of marks given in viva as compared to written in the overall differential marking for general and other categories. .
The following table shows the aAverage difference in marks obtained in Written as well as Viva between the General and the SC/ST/OBC/PH category of students: .
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PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2012 ID-32630
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had implemented the Mandal commission Recommendations in Central Educational Institutionsii. .
More recently, the three-year long struggle within the University for proper implementation of OBC reservations is also an important addition to the struggle for ensuring greater in the real contestation of perspectives of inclusiveness in educationiii. After the Constitutional Benchs decision to implement twenty seven percent OBC reservation in Central Educational Institutionsiv, JNU had not been able to fulfil the OBC seats because of an arbitrary criterion to interpret cut-off which was subsequently proved wrong by the Delhi High Court as well as the Supreme Courtv. The High Court and Supreme Court verdicts were considered to be major victories by forces inside the campus who consider representation of students from deprived social categories to be one of the essential parameters for the institution to be considered successful in achieving its stated objectives that include social justice and democratic way of lifevi. The changed cut-off criterion based on the Court Verdicts haves resulted in an increase in the number of OBC students in the campus. .
The demand to reduce weightage in viva-voce should be seen in a continuum withof these debates on ensuring an inclusive admission policy in campus. The present demand has not only renewed the debate on representation of students from different social, economic and regional background, but it has also initiated a debate on what comprises somebodys eligibility to get into higher educational institutions like JNU and also they very purpose of an institution. However, before one comes to a conclusive gears to assume a position on the current aforementioned issue of debates, it is important to take note of the pattern of marks distribution in written as well as viva voce in the JNU entrance exams in the last five years. and examine the picture that emerges. .
Data on the pattern of the written and viva voce markings across social categories in JNU entrance exam: .
Following demands Based on the demand put forward by the Students.
Union in the academic council of March 2012, the JNU Academic Council on 19 March 2012 decided to form a Committee to examine the data pertaining to admissions to various programmes of study where viva-voce is prescribed for the last five yearsvii. The present analysis on the impact of viva in JNUs entrance examination includes some calculations incorporated in the analysis of the Committee as well as some independent analysis by the author based on the data of marks obtained by students in the written as well as viva components of the entrance examination of JNU for the last five years (2007-08 to 2011-12). .
The data is available for different social categories like General, SC, ST, OBC and PH. The analysis includes comparison of marks in written and viva across these social categories. This analysis will bring out the impact of marks given in viva as compared to written in the overall differential marking for general and other categories. .
The following table shows the aAverage difference in marks obtained in Written as well as Viva between the General and the SC/ST/OBC/PH category of students: .
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