This initiative will benefit students from the Maratha community, declared as socially and educationally backward class (SEBC) by the government.
Pic courtesy/twitter/Vinod Tawde
Maharashtra minister Vinod Tawde announced on Wednesday that caste validity certificate for the Socially and Economically Backward Class (SEBC) category was not mandatory for admissions to engineering and other professional courses. The announcement in the Legislative Assembly after the Question Hour. This initiative will benefit students from the Maratha community, declared as socially and educationally backward class (SEBC) by the government.
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The Higher and Technical Education Minister said the meeting of the admission controlling authority was held on Wednesday morning under the chairmanship of Devendra Fadnavis. The admission process for engineering and other professional courses for the academic year 2019-20 has already
begun, he said. The issue of caste validity certificate for the newly-created SEBC was discussed during the meeting, he said, adding that there was a shortage of staff for providing the caste certificates.
The SEBC category is not a part of the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes (SC), De-notified Tribes (DNT), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Nomadic Tribes (NT), Other Backward Classes (OBC), 2000 and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act. Hence, caste certificate for SEBC category students should not be insisted till further instructions, he said.
For non-SEBC students, as per the Supreme Court directives, there will be relaxation. The Maharashtra Legislature last year had passed a bill proposing 16 per cent reservation in education and government jobs for Marathas.
With inputs from PTI
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