Quest for Equality: Affirmative Action in India
Published: 2008
Author(s) Name: Ashwini Deshpande
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Abstract
Substantial gaps exist between SCs
and Others in access to education,
quality of education, attitude of
teachers, and access to learningenhancing
resources, exacerbated
by active discrimination inside
schools. While the majority of
Dalits are not directly affected by
Affirmative Action, the programme
enables many of them to escape
subservient roles. Affirmative
Action in India needs stronger
implementation. Provision of
quotas should be seen as the
beginning of Affirmative Action,
not its end. Supplementary
measures have crucial implications
for the success or failure of the
programme, argues the paper
Keywords : Caste System, Qeuality, Affarmative action
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