DOSA opposed Ravenshaw University seat Reduction .

SEAT REDUCTION IN ARTS STREAM IN RAVENSHAW UNIVERSITY IS OPPOSED BY DELHI ORIYA STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (DOSA)


Sir/Madam,

It is very sad and unfortunate that the authorities of prestigious Ravenshaw University have reduced the the seats in Arts stream of both undergraduate and post graduate courses by 256 and 80 respectively. While for BA(Hons) seats are reduced in Economics(112 to 64),English(96 to 64),Political Science(112 to 64),History(112 to64) and Oriya(80 to 64), for MA course the number of seats are reduced in Economics(104 to 64) and English(104 to64) by 40 in each subject .The authority is taking the plea of decreasing quality of education with more number of students , increasing the number of seats in self financing courses, seats lying vacant in Arts stream, that the reduced seats used to be in the former Ravenshaw Morning College and inadequate number of teachers in the University which are the easy escapes of the University authority from the real solution.

Answering these pleas Delhi Oriya Students Association (DOSA) which comprise of a large number of old Ravenshavians want a response from Ravenshaw University authority and the Govt. of Orissa that

1. Why the University authority is feeling that the 256 students of BA(Hons) and 80 students of MA(Economics and English) were the liabilities or extra burdens on Ravenshaw ?

2. Has the University authority taken any major initiatives like Orientation Programmes for students at the beginning of educational year, special coaching facility for the students scoring less marks in Internal examinations,free and compulsory soft skill development classes etc. to improve the quality of education among these so called extra students for which seats are no more available from this year ?

3. How many Campus Recruitment Camps exclusively for BA and MA students were organised by the University every year to motivate these students ?

4. If there is a shortage of teachers in the University why Ad hoc teachers were not recruited for these Departments ?

5.There is no reasonable link between decreasing seats in BA and MA courses and increasing seats in self financing courses, where a meritorious but economically poor student can not get the opportunity to take admission. As old Ravenshavians we have seen and observed so many cases every year.

6.Students do not join Ravenshaw only to get Govt. or Pvt. jobs and earn huge amount of money.Many students join there to be good citizens, to be in a good intellectual environment ,to get better peer socialization, to be politicians, to be writers, poets, creative thinkers, social workers and above all to be Swabhimani Odias.

7.If the seats were added from the former Ravenshaw Morning College then it must be known that Ravenshaw Morning College was an inseparable part of Ravenshaw and abolishing the seats saying that these were of the Ravenshaw Morning College will be very much unacceptable.

8. Yes, it is a fact that very less number of students are on the street today in protest, but the reasons are many .As there is a vacation most students are outside and is difficult to be organized, The annual/semester examinations of UG and PG classes are starting from next week, most of the present and old Ravenshavian students, teachers are unaware of this Reduction of Seats in Arts Stream. So as the days progress gradually the Opposition to the Seat Reduction is spreading rapidly.

9. How the BA and MA students will show their potentials at the national level when many problems are not solved by Ravenshaw authority, such as

a) The entrance examination dates of Ravenshaw is clashing with that of the other top institutions like Delhi University which does not allow Ravenshaw Arts students to join Delhi University in large number. So without solving this problem how can the University authority question the quality of Arts students in Ravenshaw ?
b) If it is true that very very few seats are vacant in Ravenshaw then it is the University authority who are to be blamed and saying that students are not available will never be accepted. What steps the University authority has taken till today to solve this problem?

10.Ravenshaw authorities are saying that seats for BA are lying vacant .But truth is different. The results of CHSE +2 Arts results were declared. Total 3582 students have scored more than 60%(1st division), 15,470 students scored between 50% to 60%(2nd division).In Ravenshaw Junior College only about 219 students scored more than 50%,including the All Orissa Topper Ms Swayamshree Mishra ,while in Cuttack City alone more than 600 students scored more than 50%.On the other hand the eligibility criteria to seat in the Ravenshaw University UG entrance is only 40% marks in +2 exam.

11. Another fact is that large number students from +2 Science and Commerce with good marks join Arts in UG. .It is a well known fact that students all over Orissa give Ravenshaw their 1st preference. Even many students from West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar prefer Ravenshaw as their 1st choice for BA and MA courses. So how it is true that seats in Ravenshaw remain vacant ?

12.This decision to reduce seats in Ravenshaw Arts Departments which has produced so many Chief Ministers of Orissa, IAS/IPS and Allied Service Officers, State Officers, Thinkers, Social Workers, Politicians, Educationists, Writers, Actors, Play Writers, Journalists, Army Officers, Artists, top Businessmen and other successful persons in their respective spheres is a huge emotional shock for every Odia who feel proud of Ravenshaw.

With due respect to the Vice Chancellor Mr.Devdas Chhotray who was also a student of Ravenshaw , Delhi Oriya Students Association (DOSA) members are demanding Ravenshaw University authorities to withdraw the notification to reduce the seats in BA(Hons) and MA classes.

Thanking You


Tejeswar Parida,
Convenor,DOSA
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