New Delhi: The National Knowledge Commission on Monday sent out a tough signal to the Government, saying it was against the proposed reservation for OBCs in Central educational institutions and status quo should be maintained in Centre's reservation policy.
The commission, headed by Sam Pitroda, rather prescribed affirmative action as a way to deal with the issue.
As many as six of the eight members of the commission, which was appointed by the Prime Minister himself, said they believed that there should be no change in the existing reservation policy.
"The decision on extending reservation in Central universities should be taken only after a larger debate," Sam Pitroda said.
Expressing his displeasure for not being consulted on the key reservation issue, Pitroda said the government should review its reservation policy taking into account the needs of the present century.
"I think we need to review all of these issues in totality when we are looking at knowledge base for the 21st century. We can't go back to what it was. We have to think about what it ought to be tomorrow," Pitroda said in an interview.
"I think reservation also has to be thought in terms of where we are headed in the 21st century," he said.
Pitroda, who was in Bangalore to attend a three-day meeting of the Knowledge Commission, said the reservation policy was a 'major issue' as it has impact on all kinds of other reservation-related issues.
The meeting discussed other matters like university education, distance learning, family education, vocational training and issues on science and technology, patents, copyrights, innovations, entrepreneurship and e-governance.
"To us, reservation is a very small part of lots of things we are trying to cover," he added.
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