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I have been closely reading about the bill out great politicians have been flaunting for a while now, the one which introduces reservations in IIMs, IITs and central schools. From what was published, the new bill would stipulate a 50% reservations in these premium institutes. Wow! just what a country on the threshold of breakthrough developement needed.
Let me analyse this in short. I am assuming that not everyone getting admitted on the 50% quote would be undersrving. Say 25% of the lot are undesrving. Then ther are reservations in job oppurtunities. So this candidate from the 25% of the 50% gets a job in the 50% of the available jobs. So the probability of this happenig is apx 6.25%. So out of every 100 candidates 7 candidates will be a the helm and will be badly out of league. The real irony of the situation is when one of these 7 candidates sits next to a 99 percentile guy. Why would this good guy not feel wasted. Not only has he paid more to get this education, but he fought with his back against the wall to get to where he is. Talk about brain drain....after this I would feel it is justified. Not only that I feel it would be justified to seek other avenues for education and jobs and giving your taxes. It is not only about giving back, it is also about- whats in it for me.
The other side of the argument is that some sections of society would never develope if not given an oppurtunity. True. But I think our great leaders misinterpreted the word oppurtunity. Oppurtunity is not reserving seats, but creating fair means and good training to develope the ability, skill and confidence to make it to the top. In a country where 1000 students battle it over for 1 seat in the IIMs, the reservations are bound to throw this ratio into the skies. What I hate about my country is that decisions are based on public sentiments and not on facts and figures. So much for democracy!
Let me analyse this in short. I am assuming that not everyone getting admitted on the 50% quote would be undersrving. Say 25% of the lot are undesrving. Then ther are reservations in job oppurtunities. So this candidate from the 25% of the 50% gets a job in the 50% of the available jobs. So the probability of this happenig is apx 6.25%. So out of every 100 candidates 7 candidates will be a the helm and will be badly out of league. The real irony of the situation is when one of these 7 candidates sits next to a 99 percentile guy. Why would this good guy not feel wasted. Not only has he paid more to get this education, but he fought with his back against the wall to get to where he is. Talk about brain drain....after this I would feel it is justified. Not only that I feel it would be justified to seek other avenues for education and jobs and giving your taxes. It is not only about giving back, it is also about- whats in it for me.
The other side of the argument is that some sections of society would never develope if not given an oppurtunity. True. But I think our great leaders misinterpreted the word oppurtunity. Oppurtunity is not reserving seats, but creating fair means and good training to develope the ability, skill and confidence to make it to the top. In a country where 1000 students battle it over for 1 seat in the IIMs, the reservations are bound to throw this ratio into the skies. What I hate about my country is that decisions are based on public sentiments and not on facts and figures. So much for democracy!
posted by Sachin Phadnis at 3:21 PM
1 Comments:
hmmm... another problem with these reservations is that the ppl from the obc and sc n st etc etc categories who really need to use the quota.. never get to use it... it only the children of those ministers and ias officers and other "rich backward caste" ppl who use it. all reservation u need is for the economically backward classes.... and no one alse...
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