New Delhi: The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) has opposed the criteria fixed by four southern states for granting minority status to educational institutions.
According to Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka’s criteria, an educational institution is granted minority status if they enrol between 25-50% of its students from a particular minority community.
NCMEI has asked the four states to align with its criteria that require an institution seeking the minority tag to have admitted at least the same percentage of students from a particular minority community that matches its population share in the respective state, the Tribune reported
According to the Tamil Nadu government’s policy, in place since 2018, an institution set up by a minority community needs to enrol 50% of its students from that community. This figure is 30% in Telangana and 25% in Karnataka.
NCMEI member Shahid Akhter, in a meeting on October 16, expressed displeasure at these criteria citing that such limits would deny minority status to institutions and discourage philanthropists from setting them up, the Tribune report said.
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