Lok Sabha Question No. 2523 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Percentage of Staff
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2523 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9.5.2016

## PERCENTAGE OF STAFF

## 2523.  SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage  of staff and  students of institutions  of  National  Importance represented by members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities during the last three years;
- (b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  secure  adequate  representation  of  these communities;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  number  of  drop-outs  in  the  aforementioned  institutions  amongst  Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?

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

(a): The  percentage  of  staff  and  students  belonging  to  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs)  and Scheduled Tribes (STs) communities in institutions of national importance during the last three years, based on All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) is as under:

| Year    | Percentage of SCs & STs Teaching Staff and Students in Institutes of National Importance   | Percentage of SCs & STs Teaching Staff and Students in Institutes of National Importance   | Percentage of SCs & STs Teaching Staff and Students in Institutes of National Importance   | Percentage of SCs & STs Teaching Staff and Students in Institutes of National Importance   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | Teaching Staff                                                                             | Teaching Staff                                                                             | Students                                                                                   | Students                                                                                   |
|         | SC                                                                                         | ST                                                                                         | SC                                                                                         | ST                                                                                         |
| 2011-12 | 3.39                                                                                       | 0.78                                                                                       | 12.60                                                                                      | 5.74                                                                                       |
| 2012-13 | 3.78                                                                                       | 0.93                                                                                       | 12.99                                                                                      | 5.86                                                                                       |
| 2013-14 | 4.12                                                                                       | 1.07                                                                                       | 13.47                                                                                      | 6.18                                                                                       |

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education. (Data for the year 2014-15 is yet to be finalized)

(b  &  c): To  secure  adequate  representation  of  Scheduled  Caste/Scheduled  Tribe students in institutes of national importance special provisions have been made by the Government. As per the existing reservation policy, 15% and 7.5% seats are reserved in admission for the students belonging to SC and ST students respectively in institutes of national  importance.  In  Indian  Institutes  of  Technology  (IITs),  if  seats  reserved  for SCs/STs  are  not  filled,  a  limited  number  of  candidates  are  admitted  to  a  one  year preparatory  course  and  on  successful  completion  of  the  course,  the  students  are admitted  in  the  next  year.  In  IITs,  Indian  Institute  of  Science,  (IISc)  Bangalore  and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), the SC/ST students are exempted  from  payment  of  tuition  fees.  In  IITs  and  IISc,  Bangalore  SC/ST  students admitted to the B.Tech and Degree programmes are provided free Book-Bank facilities, basic messing, pocket allowance, free boarding, lodging, fellowships  and  book allowances. IISc, Bangalore conducts  summer  fellowship  programmes  and  preinterview  familiarization  programmes  for  SC/ST  candidates  eligible  for  interview  in Ph.D programmes.

In addition to the above, various scholarships/fellowships for SC/ST students are being  provided  by  Ministry  of  Social  Justice  and  Empowerment,  Ministry  of  Tribal Affairs, University Grants Commission and All India Council for Technical Education.

Special  recruitment  drives  for  recruitment  of  SCs/STs  are  also  launched  from time to time to fill up vacancies of staff.

(d): The statistics on drop-outs at degree and above level are not centrally maintained.

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