What is Article 15(6)?
Article 15(6) extends the above clause(5) of Article15, this is extended to provide private unaided professional institutions, which includes all the medical and engineering colleges, which allows the government to reserve seats for all the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in these institutions.
This amendment was made to step toward promoting social justice and equal opportunities in education, ensuring all the students from all backward communities have an fair and equal chance to pursue their education in non aided private educational institutions.
Reservation in India
Reservation in India: The 93rd Constitutional Amendment Act provided reservation in admissions to private unaided educational institutions for students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in India in the year 2005. This 93rd Amendment Act of 2005 to the Indian constitution in Article(15) under clause(5) and Article(15) under clause(6), will enable the government to make provisions for reservations such as in the enrolment of educational institutions, which included either aided or unaided by the government. This Amendment Act helps backward communities mostly because the government can make special provisions to take admissions in non-aided educational institutions.
Table of Content
- What is Reservation in India?
- What is Article 15(5)?
- What is Article 15(6)?
- Important Terms about Reservation in India
- Examples on Reservation in India