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Ensuring effective RTE implementation

Integration of EWS students has been a pressing issue among schools that have reluctantly implemented the provision. (HT Archive)

Published 179 days ago

Chandigarh private schools demand complete 25% reimbursement for EWS quota

In May last year, the HC ruled that 37 private unaided schools, which have been operational before 1996, are liable to be reimbursed fully by the Chandigarh Administration for EWS category admissions under the RTE Act, 2009. (HT Photo for representation)

Published 187 days ago

Kokate may approach apex court for stay on conviction

Kokate may approach apex court for stay on conviction

Published 204 days ago

Godman used threats, foreign trip promises to exploit EWS women; 3 wardens under lens

Godman used threats, foreign trip promises to exploit EWS women; 3 wardens under lens

Published 292 days ago

Why are minority schools not in RTE ambit? SC seeks review of own judgement

RTE requires private schools to reserve 25% of entry-level seats for EWS and other disadvantaged groups, but minority schools are exempt from this quota.

Updated 314 days ago

Govt scraps EWS quota in private medical colleges

(Representative Image) The state government has scrapped the contentious EWS quota in private medical colleges, after fierce opposition from parents who refused to back down. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

Updated 347 days ago

Parents protest EWS quota in private medical colleges, seek seat hike

Parents protest EWS quota in private medical colleges, seek seat hike

Published 348 days ago

EWS quota sparks concern in pvt medical colleges

They say the introduction of the quota without a corresponding increase in the total seat intake would reduce the number of seats open to all in the general category. (Photo by Satish Bate/Hindustan Times) (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

Published 354 days ago

Bigotry, bias, acceptance: For EWS kids, school life a mixed bag

This winter, the parents of a six-year-old EWS student at an east Delhi school could not get him winter jacket with his uniform. (PTI)

Updated 572 days ago

‘Inclusion among OBCs may shrink Marathas’ share in reservations’

HT Image

Updated 973 days ago

14 years since RTE, EWS admissions at Chandigarh’s private schools still off track

As per the Chandigarh education department, minority schools have to comply under the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act 1952 under which 15% seats have to be reserved for EWS students while non minority schools have to comply under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 under which 25% seats have to be reserved for EWS students. (Getty Images/Purestock)

Updated 1180 days ago

Karnataka govt showed ‘haste’ in scrapping 4% Muslim quota: Supreme Court

The Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the 4% OBC quota for Muslims is “prima facie shaky and flawed,” the Supreme Court said on Thursday. (PTI)

Updated 1186 days ago

From Agnipath to no age cap in NEET: Events that define education in 2022

From Agnipath to no age cap in NEET: Events that define education in 2022 (photo for representation)

Published 1290 days ago

MK Stalin calls all-party meet on response to Supreme Court’s EWS quota verdict

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin. (Facebook|MK Stalin)

Updated 1342 days ago

Morning brief: Decoding verdict on EWS quota upheld by Supreme Court

Three judges backed the EWS quota law, for it intended to uplift a class historically denied the benefits of reservation. (PTI)

Published 1343 days ago

Top court verdict may impact state-specific reservations

On September 14, 2022, Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government approved a Bill to increase reservation for OBC, SC and STs, taking total reservation in Jharkhand to 77%.

Published 1343 days ago

Stalin: EWS order a setback to century-old struggle

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin. (Facebook (MK Stalin))

Updated 1343 days ago

Rise in student numbers may pose infra challenges: Experts after SC's EWS ruling

In January 2019, the National Democratic Alliance government passed a legislation seeking to grant 10% reservation in jobs and higher education to members of EWS among the general category. (PTI)

Updated 1343 days ago

Parties welcome SC order on EWS quota as Congress, BJP vie for credit

People celebrate Supreme Court's decision to upheld the 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs, in Thane, Monday. (PTI)

Updated 1343 days ago

Decoding the SC verdict on EWS quota, nuances of reservation

(PTI)

Updated 1343 days ago

Number Theory: The past, present and aftermath of EWS reservation policy

It is important to understand the context in which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government announced EWS reservations in January 2019. (Representative image/HT Archive)

Updated 1343 days ago

Decoding EWS quota and its implications

Parliament passed the 103rd Amendment of the Constitution in January 2019, allowing the government to institute the EWS quota. (Bloomberg)

Updated 1343 days ago

10% EWS quota upheld: Five points from Supreme Court's big verdict

The Supreme Court. (PTI)

Updated 1344 days ago

Supreme Court upholds EWS quota: ‘Doesn’t violate basic structure of Constitution'

SC upholds 10% EWS quota for jobs and education (Amit Sharma)

Updated 1344 days ago

SC to announce its verdict on pleas against 10% EWS quota tomorrow

The Centre was supported by the states of Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Andhra Pradesh in defending the law while Tamil Nadu chose to oppose EWS quota. (PTI)

Updated 1345 days ago

Supreme Court reserves verdict on pleas challenging Centre's 10% EWS quota

Supreme Court reserves verdict on pleas challenging Centre's 10% EWS quota (ANI)

Updated 1385 days ago

10% reservation: EWS quota key step to end poverty, says Supreme Court

“Why can’t there be economic basis for affirmative action that can be a measure to grind poverty?” asked a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Uday Umesh Lalit. (Agencies)

Published 1396 days ago

10% EWS quota affront to Constitution, divides society: Petitioners tell SC

New Delhi, Sept 07 (ANI): A general view of the Supreme Court, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

Updated 1397 days ago

Supreme Court frames issues for adjudication on petitions against EWS quota

Supreme Court cleared the decks for commencing a Constitution bench hearing from September 13 on EWS. (HT File)

Updated 1403 days ago

50% ceiling of reservation is not sacrosanct: Centre to Supreme Court

In August 2020, the court referred to a five-judge Constitution bench a batch of petitions challenging the 103rd Constitution Amendment of 2019 that provides 10% reservation for EWS in government jobs and educational institutions. (AP)

Updated 1405 days ago

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