Getting its rules in line with the new status, Jamia Millia Islamia has issued fresh norms of reservation that allow 50 per cent seats to be kept aside for Muslim students, while the remaining are open for students belonging to the general category. The new reservation rules will be applicable from the 2011-12 academic session.
This follows an amendment in Statute 39 of the Jamia Millia Islamia Act, 1988 in pursuance of the February, 22 order of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) that granted this Central university a minority status.
As per the new rules, 30 per cent of the total seats in each course will be earmarked for Muslim applicants, 10 per cent of the total seats in each course will go to Muslim women applicants and another 10 per cent will be reserved for Muslim Other Backward Classes and Scheduled Tribes as notified under the Central government list). In case seats remain vacant under those categories reserved for women and OBC and ST Muslims, these will automatically get transferred into the category of general Muslim applicants.
Also, three per cent of seats in all courses will be reserved for physically challenged applicants in accordance with the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. Candidates under this category will be given relaxation to the extent of 5 per cent marks in the qualifying examination, but only those persons would be considered for admission who are suffering from not less than 40 per cent of a physical disability as certified by a competent medical authority. Also, the maximum prescribed period for passing the examination of a course will be two years in case of a physically challenged person, which can be extended by another one year under exceptional conditions.
Importantly, 5 per cent seats in all undergraduate/diploma courses will be filled by internal students of Jamia Millia Islamia who have passed their qualifying examination from the Jamia schools as regular students, provided that such applicants must have been on the rolls of the schools for a continuous period of five years.
