<span style="color: #222222;">The government will bring an ordinance or a bill to restore the earlier quota system for faculty recruitment in colleges and universities if a review petition on the matter is rejected in the court. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Making a brief statement on the matter in the Rajya Sabha today, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar assured that no recruitment would take place till the issue is fully resolved. He said the government is committed to social justice for SCs, STs and OBCs.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, members from Samajwadi Party, BSP, RJD and others have been raising the issue since Wednesday, due to which proceedings in the Upper House remained paralyzed. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">These parties demand that the earlier 200-point roster system be re-introduced in place of new 13-point system. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">They contend that the new system deprives SCs, STs and OBCs of benefits of reservation in higher educational institutions.</span><br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | February 8, 2019 2:35 PM
Govt to bring bill to restore earlier quota system for faculty recruitment