India News | Puducherry Cabinet Decides to Give Govt School Students 10 Pc Quota in UG Medical Courses
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The N Rangasamy dispensation here has decided to give a 10 per cent horizontal reservation to students of government schools for admission to undergraduate medical courses in the Union Territory.
Puducherry, Jul 24 (PTI) The N Rangasamy dispensation here has decided to give a 10 per cent horizontal reservation to students of government schools for admission to undergraduate medical courses in the Union Territory.
A Cabinet meeting, held on Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister N Rangasamy, decided to introduce the 10 per cent horizontal reservation for the students of the government schools.
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Later, Rangasamy told reporters that formal approval of the Lieutenant Governor has been sought in the matter.
There have been demands from various quarters that the government introduce a 10 per cent horizontal reservation in medical education for the benefit of the students passing out of the government schools here.
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The AIADMK had presented a memorandum to the chief minister recently seeking the horizontal reservation for the benefit of students in rural areas and also from the poorer sections of society.
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