Madhya Pradesh Education Board Draws Flak For 'Caste-Wise' Class 10th and 12th Results
Dismissing the charges of "casteism" levelled by the Congress, MPBSE chairman S R Mohanty said the categorisation was necessitated to pass on the welfare scheme benefits.
Bhopal, May 23: The Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) has drawn flak for 'caste-wise' segregation of Class 10th and 12th results. The Opposition has cornered the ruling Shivraj Singh Chauhan government on the issue, accusing it of promoting casteism among students.
The statistics of exam results, handed over in an official kit to reporters in May 14, categorised the performance of the students into four categories - Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and General.
Dismissing the charges of "casteism" levelled by the Congress, MPBSE chairman S R Mohanty said the categorisation was necessitated to pass on the welfare scheme benefits to students hailing from the underprivileged castes.
"From the data, candidates will easily get benefits of various schemes," Mohanty told TOI, adding that Madhya Pradesh is "not the only state" to segregate the results on the basis of caste.
Mohanty claimed the caste-wise method of segregating results is being used by the Board over the past several years. "Why the unnecessary hype now," he added.
The issue is raked up days after an OBC student posed an uncomfortable question to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at a recent event, asking why he was not provided a free laptop by the state despite scoring more than 80 per cent, whereas, his SC colleague was provided one despite scoring less.
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