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State obliged to facilitate access to education: Supreme Court
Why is it in news?
- A Supreme Court said in a recent judgment that, access to professional education is not government largesse.
Details:
- The SC Bench pronounced the verdict in favour of two students from Ladakh.
- The students were nominated by the Union Territory administration for MBBS studies.
- They were allocated seats in the prestigious Lady Hardinge and Maulana Azad Medical Colleges. However, they were not admitted.
More from Supreme Court:
- State has an affirmative obligation to facilitate access to education at all levels.
- This obligation assumes far greater importance for students whose background (by virtue of such characteristics as caste, class, gender, religion, disability and geographical region) imposes formidable obstacles on their path to accessing quality education.
Source: The Hindu.