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> In an exam where an upper caste person might have to score 100 to get in, the reserved caste person would have to score 70. Are there less people in the "low
by croon 9y ago
> In an exam where an upper caste person might have to score 100 to get in, the reserved caste person would have to score 70.
Are there less people in the "lower" caste? I would assume there would be more and severe competition.
- jorgemf 9y agoProbably yes, at least the people interested in the position. Considering that distributions on both sets are the same, lowering the bar in the minor set is an unfair advantage of positive discrimination
- kamaal 9y agoActually caste isn't a binary classification. And reservations don't apply only to one caste. Many castes get reservations. The remainder bulk of the people who don't get reservations fall into this category called 'General Merit'. Now the system fills up the reservation quotas first, leaving leftovers to general merit. General merit has way more candidates and a larger section of people who score above reservation people. The net result is you end up denying top performers seats, so that you can fill reservation quotas.