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> Not surprisingly, a recent law that forces private schools to reserve 25 percent of the seats for financially disadvantaged children has become controversial

• bdhe 16y ago
  This is an interesting development. So one of the biggest problems to providing reservations (as they are called) is that the system is so corrupt it is very difficult to ensure that only the needy and deserving get the benefit. There are tons of people who "scam" these schemes by forging documents of income and or caste (which are usually the basis for these reservations). Until the underlying problem is fixed, these schemes, although noble will only be so on paper.
• o_nate 16y ago
  Can you imagine if private schools in the US had to do the same? Currently the top-tier private colleges in the US admit only about 10% of their students from the bottom 50% of the income distribution.
• known 16y ago
  80% of lower caste children in rural India are dropping out of schools before they can complete 10th class because forward caste parents brainwash their children to practice casteism in schools. http://cablesearch.org/?id=05NEWDELHI4761&v http://cablesearch.org/?id=05NEWDELHI4761&v