PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2008 ID-64051

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Make Tonight's UGBM A Powerful Mandate AgainstAdministration's 13.8.08 .

Anomalies In Admisions and for Social Justice! The JNUAdministration has made it ahabit to violate the lawof the land -in the case of the lawspertaining to the working class,secularism and social justice. They have systematically violated minimum wage laws; tried to deny the rationale for admitting students from madarsa backgrounds to JNU; have subverted proper implementation of UGC fellowships for research scholars;have always avoided taking action against vrolence by communal outfits like .

ABVP; andare nowtrying to subvert the laws relating to fulfilment of PH and OBC reservations. The JNUSU, aware of the JNU Administration's deep-seated biases against social justice, had recognised the need for vigilant monitoring of implementation of the OBC quota last semester itself, and taken up the issue, along with the successful struggles for recognition of madarsa certificates in JNU admissions and proper disbursal of UGC fellowships for research scholars and improvement of library facilities. Then, a particular organisation had derided the JNUSU, claiming that OBCreservationswould get implemented in the natural course, and didnqt'require to be introduced asanagenda of struggle bytheJNUSU. But subsequent experiences have borne out the JNUSU's warning:the implementationofOBC reservations has been ridden by many anomalies, and the uphill battle on part ofthe JNUSU is nowatits height This juncture represents acrucial opportunity for setting acorrectprecedent .

to implement this lawwhich is ofnational importance. Let us understand the issues at stake: .

What have been the persisting anomalies in JNU's admissi6ns this year? .

Reluctance of the university to ensure the properimplementation of OBC reservation. From the outset. the JNU Administration has been committed major discrepancies. Initially, the cut-off marks for OBC and General Students was kept as the same.It was only after JNUSU confronted the administrution that .

the viva cut-off for the OBCstudents was relaxed and asecond list was brought out. But when the final list was released, 1n many centres, notasingle OBCstudenthad beenadmitted. Clearly,the elitist administration has used spurious criterion to deny students admission. .

Fulfillingthe mandatory Quota forPHstudents:At the outset,the JNU Administration used many legal subterfuges to deny PH students reservation. When .

JNUSU confronted theadministration, anew list of 31 PH students was released.The number of PH students should be 3% of the university's total strength which amounts to 56 seats.This year,in some centres there have been no PH applicants.Out of46 seats that were offered this year, only 18 have joined. JNUSU strongly argued that the PH quota has to be fulfilled at any cost, and extra PH seats should be created if necessary. .

Release Addrtlonal Lists to Fulfil the Capacrty 1n M.A. Urdu and B.A. Although admissions in the B.A. were on the basis of an offer list, the intake has not been fulfilled.During negotiations on 11 ~August. the Administration was forced to accept JNUSU's demand that the 19 vacant seats in the BAprogramme be filled.Subsequently. alist of 31 students has been brought out. The administration also agreed to fill the intake in the MPhiVPh.D programme, and an .

additionallist of 7students have been brought out. .

SpecialProvisions be madefor fulfilling the SC/ST quota: The fact that enough numberof SC/ST students could not becalled to fill thegiven quotais a matterof graveconcem and calls for serious scrutiny of the admission process andaspecial drive to fulfil the qverall quota. These are the main anomalies that the student community must fight. JNUSU is dedicated to ensure that through vigilance, monitoring and strugglethese .

grave anomalies in the admission process are remedied and the seats arefilled. .

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Has there been a "seat cut"? . .

If such are the anomalies in JNU'sadmissions,why are some organizations repeatedly arguing that there has bee11 aseat-cut? On many occasions, council members belonging to aparticular organization have alleged that with the complicity of JNUSU Office-Bearers there hasbeen aseat-cut. This is '.

not only unsubstantiated but also untrue. JNUSU has stated unequivocally, at every public forum that there has been no seatcut. Instead, given the implementation of 12% OBC reservation and 18% seat increase. there has actually been an increase in seats.This can be seen from the following table: (data excludes Direct PhD/ JRF/ SBT Intake .

wh1ch standsat 149in 2008) .

The truth is that thearguments putforward by this organization andits members in the Council have no basis atall.Thisjsevident in thefact ll)at the basis .

Year Intake Offer Joined .

2006 1443 1951 1484.

(Base year for implementation of OBC reservations .

and seat increase as oer MHRD auidelinesJ .

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1482 2012 . 1492 '.

2007 1867 2043 1577.

2008 (till Aug 112' 08) --.

of their argument keeps changing. First they shrieked that OBC reservation and seat increase should be implemented on "offer". When the illegality of their position was established, then they changed track and started insisting on "joining''. Each day they come up with new criteria, seeking to befool the student community. As opposed to this organization.JNUSU's position has been v.ery clear from the outset. JNUSU has stated from the outset itself that OBC reservation andseat increase must be computed on "intake~. This is because intake is the capacity of a .

class.It is the real, definite, legal number on whichany law has to be implemented.This point has been madebefore. It cannot be repeated often enough. We hold that the "intake-offer" method and the waiting list system are two methods of fulfilling the "intake". JNUSU made astrong case in theAC meeting of 5" June for ~intake-offer" as abetter system of admission, though the AC voted in favour of the waiting list system. But whatever be the more correct and more appropriate method offulfilling the "intake", the crucial issue was the correct implementation of OBC reservations and seat increase in the new admission policy, for which "intake~ of 2006 forms thelegal basis for all calculations and NOT ~seats offered". .

The intake this year is 1707-well above last year's figures for both intake and joining. Even the "joining" this year so far 1577 is well above the "joining" of last year -1492. JNUSU has been fighting tooth and nail to ensure that the entire increased aintake-is completely fulfilled. .

'seat-cut', as is suggested.

Yesterday, alist of 31 seats for BAand 7for M.Phil have been released.The existing deficit in "joining", however, is nota .

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