Should MPs’ 10-seat quota in central schools end?

Students at a school in Kolkata on February 3. Representation pic

The government will discuss with political party leaders the issue of whether the privilege of MPs recommending the admission of 10 students to central schools in an academic year should end.

The move came after the matter was discussed in the Lok Sabha on Monday and Speaker Om Birla directed Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to hold a meeting with the leaders of political parties in the House.

The issue was first raised by Congress MP Manish Tewari who said the 10-seat quota for the MPs is inadequate as they receive a lot of requests for recommendations for central schools seats. Tewari said the quota should either end or be enhanced.

If the House is unanimous in ending the MPs quota, the government can work in that direction, Pradhan said.

A number of MPs opposed the move, saying MPs often receive lots of requests for the recommendations for central school seats.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever