quota

St Stephen’s has proposed a 10-per cent quota for Dalit Christians from this academic session.As per the new policy, seats for general category students would be reduced from the present 50 per cent to 40 per cent. The college will also set aside 20 per cent seats for other categories: 5 per cent for the sports quota and 15 per cent for SC/ST, disabled and children/widows/wives of soldiers killed or disabled in action.The majority of teachers also opposed the new admission policy, which proposes to increase the quota for Christians, the minority community that runs the institution, from 30 per cent to 40 per cent. Of this, 25 per cent seats are proposed to be reserved for Dalit Christians.