NDTV

New Delhi, Oct 17: The Supreme Court has already asked the Centre to explain the basis for announcing 27 per cent reservations for OBCs in central educational institutes.

Now, the teachers who will be most directly affected by quotas have spoken out.

They say the Moily report on quotas got its numbers wrong and that its recommendations are flawed and cannot be implemented.

The Delhi University teachers say that the Moily committee's basic premise is wrong and therefore the solutions it offers could turn out to be a logistical disaster.

"The report says there are 92,011 students in various centrally funded universities. Whereas, in DU alone, just in the 2002-2003 batch there are over three lakh students. You can imagine the discrepancy in the total number of students and the numbers presumed in the report," said D S S Rathi, Former President, DUTA.

What is of particular concern to these teachers are the recommendations the commission has made to accommodate the extra students from next year.

The report suggests assistant teachers, mostly senior students, should be appointed to teach the extra students from next year.

Impractical schemes

At present there is a teacher for every 12 students. The report says there should now be one teacher for every 30 students and virtual classrooms where the need for teachers is minimal.

Delhi university teachers have dismissed the last suggestion outright because they say teleconferencing is not viable in the economically backward parts the country.

For now they have circulated a newsletter outlining what they think is wrong with the report.

"The report has just been released. It will be presented in the Central Cabinet to be approved. We are creating an opinion on the Moily Report, so that the final decision of the Cabinet's is not biased," said J Khutia, Member, DUTA.

The teachers are determined to be heard and they say impractical schemes just for the sake of pushing in reservation are not going to work.