Ambedkar Students’ Association prepared and submitted a 7-page report on discriminatory marking of reserved category students in PhD interviews. The report establishes that there is a consistent pattern of discriminatory marking almost resembling the hierarchical caste order.
Ambedkar Student's Association Report alleges UoH grading system casteist, discriminatory
The Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA) of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) has submitted a seven-page report on the ‘discriminatory grading system’ in the institution’s PhD admissions. The report mentions that there is a pattern that the varsity follows in the grading of PhD applicants that mirrors the caster hierarchy.
“Ambedkar Students’ Association prepared and submitted a 7-page report on discriminatory marking of reserved category students in PhD interviews. The report establishes that there is a consistent pattern of discriminatory marking almost resembling the hierarchical caste order,” ASA HCU said in a tweet.
“The report makes it abundantly clear that caste is alive and thriving in higher educational institutions. Structural discrimination and disadvantages are chipping away the gains of reservation from OBC, SC and ST students,” it added.
The report further stated that despite the students having comparable admission exam scores, those who are from reserved categories, they have been marked substantially lower than those from unreserved categories in interviews.
“We, the Ambedkar Students’ Association, would like to bring to your attention the gross discrimination in marking reserved category students in the interview during PhD admissions 2023. After filing a set of RTI applications, we found that there is a clear pattern observed where students belonging to reserved categories are marked much lower than students belonging to unreserved category in their interviews despite them having similar marks in the entrance exam,” ASA said.
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