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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | National Overseas Scholarship: State must undertake vast expansion of scheme; will benefit nation in long run -Vivek Kumar Singh

National Overseas Scholarship: State must undertake vast expansion of scheme; will benefit nation in long run -Vivek Kumar Singh

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published Published on Jun 28, 2021   modified Modified on Jun 29, 2021

-Firstpost.com

For marginalised communities, modern education is a precious asset and a way for acquiring socio-economic mobility in an unequal society

In the past few weeks, several students belonging to marginalised communities such as Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) have received offers to study in prestigious universities abroad including Royal Holloway London, Oxford University, SOAS, London, among others.

However, privatisation in education has meant that the amount of wealth required for these courses is enormous. Unable to secure scholarships for these offers, students have taken to social media to crowdsource the amount for their education.

With support pouring in from the community and the larger civil society, some of them have raised part of the amount needed. However, in this situation, one is pressed to ask whether this model of raising funds from civil society is a workable one, especially as hundreds of students from these communities are securing admissions in prestigious universities abroad each year.

Role of State

In this scenario, one is bound to question where the State is?

The responsibility of nurturing their citizens, especially from marginalised communities, must fall upon the State.

Funding higher education in prestigious universities abroad is a beneficial investment in human capital.

For this purpose, the Government of India runs two central schemes National Overseas Scholarship for Scheduled Castes (hereon NOS SC)  (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment), which awards 100 scholarships (90 SCs, 06 Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, 04 Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional Artisans) and National Overseas Scholarship for Scheduled Tribes (hereon NOS ST) (Ministry of Tribal Affairs) which awards 20 scholarships (17 STs, 3 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)).

The table gives the year-wise data of the scheme, compiled from the annual reports of the respective ministries.

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Firstpost.com, 28 June, 2021, https://www.firstpost.com/india/national-overseas-scholarship-state-must-undertake-vast-expansion-of-scheme-will-benefit-nation-in-long-run-9759931.html?fbclid=IwAR1ROvM68Rdryn788lLo0q5gIRkOdXBKmFRuxToiXxE1lL-P8SZ-fxEd6Tk


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