Susan's Place Logo

News:

Since its founding in 1995 Susan's Place forums have blossomed into a truly global lifeline. To date we've delivered roughly 1.4 billion page views to hundreds of millions of unique visitors, guided more than 41,000 registered members through 1,985,081 posts and 188,474 topics across 193 boards, and—most importantly—helped save tens of thousands of lives by connecting people to vital information and support at their most vulnerable moments.

Main Menu

India: Third gender not an option in varsities yet

Started by Olivia P, July 02, 2014, 04:48:43 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

Olivia P

July 02, 2014, 04:48:43 AM
Written by Syed Khalique Ahmed | Ahmedabad | June 28, 2014 3:04 am

Even as the Supreme Court in April this year, in a landmark judgment, recognised transgenders as "third gender" and allowed them admission in educational institutions, none of the universities in the state except the Gujarat University has incorporated the "third category" in their applications forms so far. The apex court also ordered to consider "third gender" as OBC.

Authorities of many a universities said that they had also not received any notification or circular from the state Higher Education Department for incorporating the "third gender" in universities' literature wherever it is a must to mention the gender identity of the person joining the university.

Inquiries from several universities in the state also revealed that they had also not received any application for admission from transgenders. The authorities of different universities also expressed ignorance about the number of transgender people, if any, studying in the institutions under them.

More: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/third-gender-not-an-option-in-varsities-yet/
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. - Thích Nhất Hạnh
  •  
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions