Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019

According to an RTI, older Indian Institutes of Management(IIMs) are lagging behind the newer IIMs in enforcing the quota rule.

Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act,2019:

The act provides for the reservation of posts in appointments of Central educational institutions by direct recruitment of persons belonging to:
- Scheduled Castes (15%)
- Scheduled Tribes (7.5%)
- Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (27%) and
- Economically Weaker Sections (10%).
The act will apply to ‘central educational institutions’ that are:
- universities set up by Acts of Parliament
- institutions deemed to be a university
- institutions of national importance and
- institutions receiving aid from the central government.
The act excludes-
- certain institutions of excellence, research institutions, and institutions of national and strategic importance.
It also excludes minority education institutions.

Source: TH

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