Question

'The policy of reservation of seats for admission to the professional courses is good for the deprived sections of society.'

Write a debate in 150-200 words either for or against the motion.

Answer 1

Debate on Reservations – For the motion

The caste system in India has been well-entrenched from time immemorial. The history of India saw discrimination against several lower castes groups. They were often subjected to inhumane treatment and injustice by the upper castes groups. Keeping in mind the atrocity faced by these groups for so many years, the Government of India decided to adopt the policy of reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes (SC), Schedules Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) groups to the educational and professional courses. This topic has been highly debatable and contentious.

 

The policy of reservation was introduced by Britishers in 1933. After the independence of India, the Mandal Commission made major changes in 1979 in favour of the deprived sections of our society. As pointed out by my friend that this policy promotes inequality, but I think that the reservation policy was made to bridge the gap between all the sections of the society. It was an attempt to create a more egalitarian society. Since these groups were historically discriminated and were the victims of societal oppression, this policy was introduced to rectify the historical wrong. In other words, the policy of reservation is only a corrective and defensive mechanism to protect and promote minorities.

 

Because every human being has the right to be educated and live a life of dignity, reservations provide them with a platform to rise from their current status of poverty or backwardness. Most of my fellow participants are pointing out that this policy is against the right to equality. But on the other hand, I see these reservations are the policy of positive discrimination in order to bring the backward classes in the mainstream by reserving their opportunities.