Srinagar: Assert that educating tribal students is the top priority of the government of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior senior official said the Tribal Department has approved the highest expenditure of Rs 30 Crore to provide scholarships to them.
Secretary of the Department of Tribal Affairs Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said this year’s scholarship will be given to 42,000 students again above the previous year’s target.
Safe! You have managed to throw your votelogin to see the Resule said the annual budget of 2021-22 will benefit 6,561 post-matrix students compared to 4,622 years earlier, 12,868 students in grade 9 and 10 compared to 2,506 by 2020-21, and 2, 15,864 students In class 1 to 8 compared to 1.73,100 students in the previous year.
“The Governor of LTM LED Administration Sinha has initiated steps to strengthen support for the education of tribal students.
The education of tribal students is the government’s top priority,” Choudhary said.
The official said the department had received the highest scholarship expenditure to support students at the post-graduate level, graduates, post matrices and pre-matrices.
“It also includes many cases two years before delayed for various reasons.
The department has immediately released immediately Rs 6.22 Crore to cover 4,622 students for scholarships 2020-21,” Choudhary said.
He said scholarship expenditures included Rs 7.70 Crore for 6,561 post-matrix students, 3.86 crore for 12,868 class IX and X pre-matrix students, and RS 18 Crore for 2.5 lakh students studying in grade 1 to 8.
The department has also cleaned up a number of Rs 90.75 lakh for 964 students whose scholarships for 2019-20 are waiting for the lack of authentication needed, the official said.
In addition, he said the department had cleared a number of Rs 7.61 Crore for 4,776 students for 2019-20 who were waiting for various other reasons.
The Tribal Affairs Department will look for online applications for scholarship schemes intended for students in grade 1 to 8 which will be delivered at the school level, he said.
“Some levels of submission of forms have been discarded to ensure convenience for students.
Furthermore, the department is in the process of notifying self-income certification for grade 1 to 8 on its portal that will be notified immediately,” he said.
Choudhary said this would make a big change in the ease of service to students.
“The form will be maintained at the school level and is not required to be submitted to the department through several levels which are complicated processes and taking time.
A process for tracking scholarships supported by students is also being initiated to manage and plan career counseling, skills development and placement support for students It is to ensure the desired results, “he said.
J & K approves RS 30 Crore Scholarship Expenditures for Tribal Students
