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Punjab warns Thapar University over quota withdrawal
Tuesday July 24, 2012 06:37:14 PM, IANS
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Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh
Badal Tuesday asked the management of Thapar University in Patiala
to continue with the existing norm to provide 50 percent quota for
students hailing from the state.
He warned that any departure from these rules would not be
tolerated at any cost. Badal said this at a meeting of the Board
of Governors (BOG) of Thapar Educational Trust held here Tuesday.
The chief minister said the Thapar University, a leading
institution of technical education in the region, was bound to
abide by the stipulated rules on provision of 50 percent quota to
the students from the state.
Badal said the abolition of quota by Thapar University would
tantamount to "betrayal with Punjab which would never ever be
accepted by the state government and the people of Punjab", said a
spokesman here.
He said that, due to the sheer magnanimity on the part of the
state government, Thapar University was provided 250 acre of land,
coupled with financial assistance worth Rs.30 lakh, for the
establishment of the earlier Thapar Institute of Engineering and
Technology (now Thapar University) in 1956.
He said that the institution was getting uninterrupted
grant-in-aid till the year 2001 from the government.
"The present value of this prime 250 acre of land is around
Rs.1,500 crore," added Badal.
He lamented that the quota for the students of the state, which
was once 90 percent in the institutions, has been drastically
tapered off to a meagre 50 percent, which was complete injustice
to students of the state.
On the apprehensions of the representatives of the university that
continuing of 50 percent quota was resulting in poor quality of
students getting admission in the institution, Badal asked them to
start 10+2 classes and special coaching classes for students from
Punjab to act as a nursery to attract the best talent to their
institution.
Thapar University, located at Patiala, 150 km from here, had in
February this year announced its decision to abolish the 50 per
cent quota for Punjab students.
The university claimed that it had done so in accordance with
University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines. It took back the
decision May this year following pressure from the Punjab
government.
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