Transgender people in India do not get any educational reservations sanctioned by the government.

The government order and drafts confirm that there are government-sanctioned reservations for transgenders in educational institutions.

The government order and drafts confirm that there are government-sanctioned reservations for transgenders in educational institutions.The Honourable Supreme Court through the judgment dated 15 April 2014, has identified transgenders as the third gender and also directed the center and state governments to confer legal recognition of their gender identity to treat them as socially and educationally backward classes and to extend all kinds of reservations in cases of admission in educational institutions and for public appointments.

The Karnataka government has reserved at least five seats for transgenders in Industrial Training Institutes and Polytechnics, which would provide them with skills suited for jobs. The Kerala government has reserved two additional seats in all courses in universities and affiliated Arts and Science colleges exclusively for admitting transgender students' subject to the fulfillment of qualification. The Assam government provides access to educational facilities and learning through the reservation of seats in institutions, making provision for separate boarding and lodging arrangements, and by provision of scholarships to transgender students.