Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member K.C. Venugopal questioned the Union government on its alleged indifference to the high dropout rate of students from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes in Central higher education institutions.
During Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Mr. Venugopal said that as per a recent answer given by the Union government in Parliament, 13,626 students from the SC, ST and OBC communities had dropped out of Central universities in the past five years. In its reply, the Education Ministry stated that the dropout rate was high because the students had many other options.
Mr. Venugopal said, “Is the government saying that only SC, ST and OBC students have these options?”
