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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Uttarakhand: Since 2017, Drastic Drop In Scholarships Availed by Minority Students

Uttarakhand: Since 2017, Drastic Drop In Scholarships Availed by Minority Students

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published Published on Feb 7, 2022   modified Modified on Feb 9, 2022

-TheWire.in

The budget for the scheme – which reduced from Rs 3 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 2 lakh in 2020-21 – reflected this decline in students availing of the scholarship.

New Delhi: The number of students from minority communities availing the pre-matric scholarship scheme in Uttarakhand dropped by over 100 times between 2017-18 and 2020-21, revealed an RTI filed by the Times of India.

The scheme, which is run by the minority welfare department of the state government, is exclusively meant for students belonging to a minority community studying in classes 1-10 who are natives of Uttarakhand.

According to the report, 38,477 students availed of the scholarship in 2017-18. The number dropped to 8,601 in 2018-19, and further declined to 3,498 students availing of the scholarship through the state-run scheme. In 2020-21, only 337 students availed of the scholarship

The budget for the scheme – which reduced from Rs 3 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 2 lakh in 2020-21 – reflected this decline in students availing of the scholarship, the report said.

Raees Ahmed, deputy director of the Uttarakhand minority welfare department, explained to TOI several factors that were behind the heavy decline.

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TheWire.in, 7 February, 2022, https://thewire.in/government/uttarakhand-drastic-drop-minority-students-scholarship-rti


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