JNU increases grace marks for women, transgenders

The deprivation points for girls from general category qualifying the prescribed deprivation list of the university, will be 5 points. The decision in this regard was taken on Friday in the university AC meeting.

“Now female and transgender candidates, who pursued their education from any of the areas in JNU’s list of backward areas, belonging from backward class, are entitled to a relaxation of 7 marks. While girls and transgenders not belonging to any backward areas can get a relaxation of 5 points,” a senior university official said.

This year, the university had reduced the compulsory grace points given to women candidates as it had amended its policy after a decade. Until the last amendment, all female admission seekers were entitled to 5 “deprivation” points in the entrance exam. In addition, if they belonged to backward areas listed by JNU under Quartile 1 (demarcation of backward areas) and Quartile 2 categories, they got additional privilege of 5 and 3 marks, respectively. The compulsory 5 points given to women was introduced in 1994.

The move had drawn severe criticism from a section of students and teachers who have decided to launch an agitation against the administration.