Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 10: Scheduled Tribe community members today urged the Governor’s Administration to enhance reserved seats in all Universities and Colleges of Jammu and Kashmir for Gujjar and Bakerwal students.
They were speaking in a programme organized here by Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation, to discuss various aspects of “Admission Issues- Quota for STs and Gujjars of J&K”.
The programme was presided over by noted Gujjar scholar and author Dr Javaid Rahi and attended by elders and youths of tribal groups.
Dr Javaid Rahi in his address informed to participants that the Foundation has written to Vice Chancellors for intimidate enhancement of seats for Gujjar-Bakrwal students adding that the Foundation is planning to establish a guidance cell in the State to guide community youths in getting admissions, jobs under ST category in the country in general and in State in particular.
The speakers stated that presently there is a 6% reservation for Gujjars/Bakerwals in admission in Government professional colleges of J&K (as against 14.9% population of ST-Gujjars-Bakrwals – in the State as per census 2011), 5% in University of Jammu (as against 21% population in the province and the Gujjars-Bakrwals share the 5% seats with Gaddis, Sippis and Baltis) and 3% in Kashmir University (as against 19% population in the region).
The speakers said the BGSB University Rajouri provides 9% Reservation to Gujjars and Bakarwals as against more than 50% population in the areas. They said Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University and Islamic University of Science and Technology so far have no provision for quota/reservation to be provided to suppressed and marginalized groups like SC/STs and urged the authorities to fix percentage of reservation for oppressed classes in both Universities too.
The speakers said presently no University or college of the State is providing Gujjar-Bakarwal quota proportionate to the population as they constitute more than 20% of total population of the State and demanded immediate enhancement in quota at all levels in J&K Universities and Colleges to safeguard the constitutional guaranties to tribes.
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