Minorities dept ‘buys’ 70% of seats in Maharashtra polytechnics
Minorities dept ‘buys’ 70% of seats in Maharashtra polytechnics Hemali Chaapia , TNN | Jun 15, 2012, 02.07AM IST MUMBAI: Maharashtra's minorities department has bought over one shift in government polytechnics and ITIs ( industrial training institutes) and reserved 70% of the seats in that batch for six minority religions. Additionally, it is also proposed to start a similar scheme in engineering colleges. The move is aimed at promoting education among Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Parsis. Even as the Supreme Court ruled against any religion-based quota, the government, in a week, will start admission to these polytechnics and ITIs and fill 70% seats with minority students in the second shift of all these colleges. The scheme will be operational in the second shift—1.30pm-8.30pm—and run in 15 government polytechnics (2,700 seats) and in 42 ITIs that have 4,344 seats. The remaining 30% seats will be open for general category students. "We have started this s...