Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has tabled a sensational bill in the Assembly today that aims at providing reservation for the students of government schools.
The bill proposes to give a quota of 7.5 percent in seats in the professional degree colleges for the students who have studied in the state-run schools across the state.
The quota is applicable for the courses like engineering, agriculture, veterinary, fisheries, law and other professional degree courses. Private colleges, universities, and government aided colleges should provide a reservation of 7.5 percent for the government school students.
The eligibility mentioned by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin for the reservation is that, he or she should have studied in the state run schools in the state from 6th to 12th.
Addressing the Assembly while introducing the bill, MK Stalin said the bill was brought to provide equal opportunities for the students who go to private and state run schools. He quoted the recommendations of Justice D. Murugesan Commission on the inequalities between the students who study in private and government schools.
No interruptions or obstacles were created by the opposition parties when the bill was tabled in the house. Even the main opposition party AIADMK party didn’t mention any objections.
The bill was moved in the house with the support of all the members in the house by the Assembly Speaker.
MK Stalin, the first time Chief Minister is making sure that he could bring as many Reforms as he could.On the same lines, the government had appointment a committee under the leadership of Justice D. Murugesan to study the differences between the students of government and private schools.
The Committee had filed it’s report to the Tamil Nadu Government after a detailed observations and study on the differences and inequalities between two groups and came up with a few recommendations to provide equal opportunities for all the students.
One main recommendation made by the committee is to provide provisions to set aside a portion of seats to the government school students in professional courses. The government did the same.