People Angry As Madhya Pradesh Declares Caste-Based Result For Board Exams
Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education has landed in trouble after &ldquocategorising&rdquo class X and XII results on the basis of caste. The official result kit handed to reporters on May 14 reveals that successful examinees were segregated into four categories: OBC SC ST and General. The resulting sheet clearly mentions the line &lsquoVargvaar Niyamit&rsquo.
The Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) has landed in trouble after ¡°categorising¡± class X and XII results on the basis of caste, which was enough to spark a political row in the poll-bound state.
The official result kit, handed to reporters on May 14, reveals that successful examinees were segregated into four categories: OBC, SC, ST and General. The resulting sheet clearly mentions the line ¡®Vargvaar Niyamit¡¯ (in accordance with category).
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Congress was quick to label it a ¡°caste-based¡± result system. MPBSE chairman S R Mohanty, however, maintains that the segregation is meant to ease welfare benefits for students. ¡°From the data, candidates will easily get benefits of various schemes,¡± he said. Mohanty insisted that the MP board isn¡¯t the only one to declare results this way. ¡°What does caste-based result system even mean¡ I don¡¯t understand.
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The categories are there to pass on benefits of government welfare schemes and we have been doing this for years. Why the unnecessary hype now,¡± he asked. Even CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan had to face some uncomfortable moments recently when an OBC student questioned him about ¡°bias¡± towards SC/ST students, wondering why he didn¡¯t get a free laptop, despite scoring in the high eighties, while his SC friend got one from the government though he scored far lower marks.
