Question : Expulsion of Students

(a) whether a number of students have been expelled from various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) of the country on the ground of poor performance in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether many of them belong to socio-economically weaker sections like
Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste and Other Backward Class;

(d) if so, the details thereof, Category-wise;

(e) whether the Government has taken any step to rehabilitate these expelled students in any other alternative institutions in the country; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)


(a) to (d): The Indian Institutes of Technology have a rigorous academic system that prescribes minimum grades to be obtained by the students for continuation in the IIT system. During the year 2014-15, a total of 63 students (General - 8, OBC - 9, SC – 30 & ST - 16) in Undergraduate courses have failed to secure the prescribed minimum grade in 6 IITs.

(e) & (f): The IIT Council has discussed the matter and implemented a system called Peer group Assisted Learning (PAL) to handhold students who are socially and educationally backward.
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