IIT Bombay data reveals 27 of 30 UG students opting for early exit belonged to SC, ST, or OBC
New Delhi: Data obtained from IIT Bombay reveals that in 2023, 27 out of 30 undergraduate students who opted for early exit were from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), or Other Backward Classes (OBC). This early exit policy, introduced in 2023, allows students to leave BTech, dual degree, and BS programs with a "BSc Engineering" qualification.
IIT Bombay adopted the policy in 2023 , allowing early exit from BTech, BTech-MTech dual-degree, and BS programmes with the lower “BSc Engineering” qualification. As the data shows, there’s a disproportionate representation of Dalit, OBC and Adivasi students among those exercising this option of exiting without obtaining the main degree they would have taken admission for. Given below is the distribution undergraduate students to opt for exit in the first year, across categories.
The distribution of students by category was:
- General: 3
- OBC: 7
- SC: 8
- ST: 12
This policy, part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, aims to provide flexibility in academic programs. However, the high number of exits among marginalized communities highlights ongoing challenges in higher education.
Since 2019, 312 postgraduate students at IIT Bombay have also exited early.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
