The News Caravan

Tag: Casteist

  • University of Hyderabad’s grading system is casteist, discriminatory: Study

    University of Hyderabad’s grading system is casteist, discriminatory: Study

    [ad_1]

    Hyderabad: The Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA) of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) produced a seven-page study on the ‘discriminatory grading system’ in the institution’s PhD admissions.

    The report, which has gone viral on social media states that there is a pattern in the grading of PhD applicants that mirrors the caste 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 on Thursday.

    “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 ASA report states that despite having comparable admission exam scores, students from reserved categories are marked substantially lower than those from unreserved categories in interviews.

    “We discovered a pattern of discriminatory marking in interviews in many departments across various schools in the university”, the report states.

    The study provides PhD interview marks from the University of Hyderabad’s seven departments: computer science, plant science, biochemistry, physics, electronics, applied mathematics, and microbiology.

    According to the report’s data, the average entrance exam score of the top five students in the computer science department for the Unreserved category is 41.4, and the interview mark is 24.6. Nevertheless, the average exam score among top OBC scorers is 40, and the average interview score is 17.2. The average admission exam score of the top five SC and ST students is 30.2 and 25.4, respectively, while the average interview score is 12 and 6.6.

    According to the research, students’ grades have dropped in line with their caste privilege.

    “The discriminatory marking in these departments almost resembles a structure of graded inequality where marks of students resemble their position in the caste hierarchy,” says ASA’s report.

    The report also highlights eight severe cases of discriminatory grading, which include: Seven out of eight faculties giving a zero to an SC student who applied for a PhD in material engineering and an OBC candidate for a PhD in material engineering being given 2.4 marks in the PhD interview despite having a 40 entrance score.

    Post making the report public, ASA’s list of demands include the formation of a committee to investigate the grading system, defining evaluation criteria, providing and recording individual grades from faculty members, holding Ph.D. admission seminars for students before admission begins, and ensuring that no student is rejected by the faculty by giving them zero points.

    Faculty members in the past have marked students with zeroes and declared them unsuitable for admission, violating USC norms.



    [ad_2]
    #University #Hyderabads #grading #system #casteist #discriminatory #Study

    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Bengaluru casteist skit row: Six Jain University students suspended

    Bengaluru casteist skit row: Six Jain University students suspended

    [ad_1]

    Following the use of casteist slurs against SC/STs and Dr BR Ambedkar in a skit performed by the Jain University Centre for Management Studies students at a college festival, six students have been suspended over the incident.

    The suspended students were part of a skit that displayed caste discrimination, insulted India’s constitution writer Dr B R Ambedkar and also took a dig at the reservation system in the country.

    A number of police complaints we’re registered against the students. Aakshay Bansode, state member Yuva of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi filed a complaint in Nanded district of Maharashtra seeking strict action.

    “The skit is highly casteist and performed with serious ill motives and to intentionally insult and humiliate the community and people belonging to it. Moreover, the derogatory and defamatory statement about Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar is also highly offensive at large and showcases the intention of the performers and the university authorities as this act went through various checks yet was allowed to perform on stage and publish on social media,” Bansode’s complaint stated.

    An FIR against the principal and senior officials of the university has been filed at the Siddapura police station in Jayanagar.

    Postgraduate students and research fellows of Bangalore University have also filed a police complaint at the Jnanabharati police station.

    Earlier in the day students of NSUI Karnataka and many Dalit organisations protested in front of the Jain college demanding action against those involved in the skit. Police were called to control the protest.

    The skit was performed on February 4 by a group called ‘The Delroys Boys’ as part of ‘MadAds,’ a segment at the fest where the participants had to advertise imaginary products along lines of humour.

    The students have reportedly tendered an unconditional apology to the college management. However, the issue seems to brew and not settle down. On Thursday evening a group of students published an online petition on Jhatkaa.org bringing the incident to light.



    [ad_2]
    #Bengaluru #casteist #skit #row #Jain #University #students #suspended

    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Casteist slur in college fest: Karnataka Cong raises concern, urges for action

    Casteist slur in college fest: Karnataka Cong raises concern, urges for action

    [ad_1]

    Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress on Saturday raised concern over use of casteist slur in a skit performed at a college fest here.

    “There is a video containing abusive and objectionable content on Dr B.R. Ambedkar and Dalit communities being exhibited in a programme organised at Jain college in Bengaluru,” it stated in its social media handle.

    Demanding an action by the City Police Commissioner and Bengaluru police in this regard, the party said, “The police should take cognisance of the incident and initiate legal action.”

    The incident during a college skit recently in Bengaluru has triggered a row with a police complaint being registered.

    ‘The Delroys Boys’, who performed the skit, have tendered an unconditional apology for the same. However, the debate over the issue is gaining traction.

    On Thursday evening a group of students published an online petition on Jhatkaa.org bringing the incident to light. The petition stated the college contingent from Jain University’s Centre for Management Studies (CMS) staged an incredibly casteist and insensitive skit at the event.

    The anonymous petitioners objected to the normalisation of caste discrimination in the pretext of humour. The skit was performed as part of ‘MadAds,’ a segment at the fest where the participants had to advertise imaginary products along lines of humour.

    ‘The Delroys Boys’, the theatre group from CMS, who are in the thick of controversy, in their skit, exhibited a man belonging to the lower caste attempting to date an upper caste woman. The skit turned B.R. Ambedkar as Beer Ambedkar. The phase of why be Dalit, when you can be D-Lit.

    Akshay Bansode, State Member of the Vanchit Bahujan Yuva Aghadi has filed a police complaint in Maharashtra under provisions of the Atrocity Act and IPC. The complainant had urged the police to treat the complaint as FIR and initiate action against the performers and University.

    The complainant had urged the police to treat the complaint as an FIR and initiate action against the performers and University.

    Sources explain that the controversial skit was performed at other platforms. The Delroys Boys maintained that they apologise to everyone they have spoken badly about.

    [ad_2]
    #Casteist #slur #college #fest #Karnataka #Cong #raises #concern #urges #action

    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Casteist slur in Bengaluru college fest skit stirs row

    Casteist slur in Bengaluru college fest skit stirs row

    [ad_1]

    Bengaluru: The incident of casteist slur made during the presentation of a college skit recently in Bengaluru has triggered a row.

    A police complaint has been registered in this connection, while an online petition slamming the organisers is also getting support.

    The Delroys Boys’, the group of students performing the skit, has tendered an unconditional apology for the presentation. However, the debate over the issue is rising every day.

    The incident came to light after a group of students published an online petition on Jhatkaa.org on Thursday evening. The petition stated that the college contingent from Jain University’s Centre for Management Studies (CMS) staged an incredibly casteist and insensitive skit at a college fest.

    The anonymous petitioners objected to the normalisation of caste discrimination in the pretext of humour. The skit was performed as part of Madads’, a segment at the fest where the participants had to advertise imaginary products.

    ‘The Delroys Boys’, the theatre group from CMS, who are in the thick of the controversy, in their skit exhibited a man belonging to the lower caste attempting to date an upper caste woman. The skit turned B.R. Ambedkar as ‘Beer Ambedkar’. It also used the phrase, ‘Why be Dalit, when you can be D-Lit’.

    Akshay Bansode, member of the Vanchit Bahujan Yuva Aghadi, has filed a police complaint in Maharashtra in this matter. The complainant urged the police to treat the complaint as an FIR and initiate action against the performers and the university.

    Sources said that the controversial skit was performed at other platforms as well. The ‘Delroys Boys’ maintained that they are sorry if they spoke ill about some people and apologised for their ‘mistake’.

    [ad_2]
    #Casteist #slur #Bengaluru #college #fest #skit #stirs #row

    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )