Five SC/ST students were expelled from IIT Delhi for not getting required pass grades. They moved the Supreme Court which has asked IIT Delhi to reconsider its decision to expel them because they are from so called backward classes and, therefore, deserved to be helped. These students entered IIT in the quota reserved for backward classes and were clearly not good enough but the Court suggested that the professors at IIT, who are poorly paid, should give them extra tuition to bring them upto standard. No one wants to do extra work without reward. At the same time the professors will not dare to fail any substandard SC/ST students for fear of stirring up a political storm. Most likely they will take the path of least resistance and pass them. Armed with coveted IIT and SC/ST certificates they will then be eligible for high government posts. Imagine these people in charge of building bridges or building the defence systems of this country. It is shocking how the standards of education in India are being systematically dismantled. How long before foreign universities begin to derecognise the IIT brand? The meek may eventually inherit the earth but the bleak have already inherited India.