40% quota for girls in new special schools

The Minister of State for Minority Affairs said the government is mulling to open the 100 Navodaya-type schools in minority concentrated areas of the country. “We want to empower the communities with dignity and, therefore, are focusing on the education sector. We will give 40 per cent reservation to girls from the communities in the schools and also in the institutes. 

This is to ensure they complete their education,” he said. A high-level panel formed by a government-funded agency had in its report recently recommended a three-tier model to tackle educational backwardness among minorities, particularly the Muslims.

The suggested model includes creating infrastructure to impart education at primary, secondary and tertiary levels by opening 211 schools, 25 community colleges and the five institutes.