Committee has recommended reservation for girl students in IITs to address the issue of slump in number of female students entering the prestigious institutes.
Facts:
- The committee has suggested creating up to 20% supernumerary seats for girls out of the total number of seats. But only candidates who have already qualified in JEE-Advanced will be considered.
- The reservation for girl students will not affect the number of seats for male candidates.
- In 2016, there was a 2% dip in the number of girls who cleared the JEE-Advanced, as compared to the previous one.
- Over 1,000 girls had cracked the examination (roughly 10% of total 10,000 seats) in 2015, only 840 female students (coming up to 8%) made it to institutes in 2016-17. None of the selected girls made it to top 100.