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Over 5 years, over 19,000 SC, ST, and OBC students dropped out of Chuo University, IIT, and IIM: From Government to Congress
Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar provided this information in response to a written inquiry at Raja Sabha.

by Shiksha Patel / 13 Apr 2023 01:51 AM IST / 0 Comment(s) / 509

The numbers exceeded other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Castes (SC), and Scheduled Tribes (ST) at all Chuo Universities, Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM). 19,000.



Tiruchi Shiva, Indian Member of Parliament for Tamil Nadu, asked the government how many SC, ST, and OBC students have left IIT, IIM, and other central universities in the last five years. She also wanted to know "whether the government has conducted an investigation into the cause of the high dropout rate of her OBC, SC, and ST students at these colleges."



In response to Siva, Sarkar revealed that 6901 OBC candidates, 3596 SC students, and 3949 ST students have left Chuo University. Similarly, 2544 OBC candidates, 1362 SC students, and 538 ST students dropped out of his IIT. Additionally, in the last five years, he has had 133 OBC, 143 SC, and 90 ST candidates drop out of his IIM.



Following complaints of misconduct, the Ministry of Education (MoE) formed a Joint Research Mission (JRM) in January to investigate the implementation of the centrally-funded PM POSHAN program in West Bengal. "There are serious discrepancies in the information submitted regarding the number of meals served at different levels," the panel noted. (QPR), about 140.25 million meals were served under the PM-Poshan program from April to September 2022.



However, according to the QPR submitted to the state by districts, the total number of meals served was about 12.422 billion. "As a result, more than 16 million binges have been reported, which is a serious problem."



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The team also examined the flow of funds from the state to schools or implementing agencies, program outreach, administrative structures at the state, district and block levels, and the mechanisms of the national food supply. Donating grain to schools, building kitchens with concessions, buying or replacing kitchen appliances.


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