BDU to set apart 2 seats in each dept for wards of staff

TNN | Mar 4, 2020, 04.38 AM IST

Trichy: Two separate seats will be created in each of the 40 departments in Bharathidasan University (BDU) to accommodate a ward each of the university’s teaching and administrative staff respectively who are unable to get seats. The decision which was taken based on the demand put forward by staff, especially from the administration, will come into effect from the coming academic year.

A committee was set up to analyse the demand and make recommendations for the approval of the vice-chancellor. Following this, a resolution was also passed at the recently held syndicate meeting and finance committee also approved it.

Welcoming the move, M Selvam, dean, faculty of management, and syndicate member, said securing seats in some of the popular university departments is indeed difficult. These include departments like Chemistry, Biotechnology, Physics and English. Saying that there will be 50% concession in fees for wards of class IV staff, he said the idea was to recognise staff who worked tirelessly for the development of the university by giving preference to their wards.

BDU registrar G Gopinath told TOI that there will not be any special treatment to the students claiming the two seats as they will have to follow all admission procedures followed by any other candidate. Only those wards of employees who were unsuccessful in making it to the merit list will be considered based on their request. Seats will be allotted on first come first serve basis if there are more than two candidates claiming the seats, he said.

On whether reservation policy is not applicable for these seats, he said they are not violating any norms as such. Recalling the practice of ‘merit-cum-means quota’ he said the university was reserving a few seats in some of the popular courses for those who can afford the seats by paying more than the stipulated fee.

“We are only adding two seats but wards of staff cannot get seats just like that and they must follow all procedures. This practice was there in the past but was suspended for some years in between as there were less takers,” said the registrar.