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Haryana to support higher education for 5,000 SC girls

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday announced that a new scheme had been launched to support the education of 5,000 girls belonging to Scheduled Castes for higher education from this financial year.

He disclosed that under the scheme, “Anusuchit Jati Chhatra Uchch Shiksha Protsahan Yojana”, scholarships ranging from Rs.5,000 to 14,000 per year would be given to girls belonging to Scheduled Castes studying in Science, Commerce and professional streams in aided, unaided and government institutions in graduate and post-graduate classes provided their annual family income was between Rs.1 lakh and 2.40 lakh. Mr. Hooda said the Government had also expanded the scope of the Ambedkar Medhavi Chhatra Yojana to cover 25,100 students belonging to SC and backward classes.

He added that by launching the former Yojana and by revising the Ambedkar Medhavi Chhatra Yojana and Skill Development Scheme, major steps had been taken to push education among the Scheduled Castes and backward classes students.

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