Question : RESERVATION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION



(a) whether the Government propose to give reservation to people of the rural areas in technical institutions; and

(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the time by which the Government are going to implement the same?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (PROF. RITA VERMA)


(a) & (b) : As per the guidelines notified by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for admission to engineering programmes, the central institutes are governed by the reservation policies of the Government of India and the reservation in the State institutes is left to the respective States/ UTs as per the policy of the concerned State Government/ UT Administration. There is no specific reservation for people of the rural areas in centrally funded technical institutes.