Meritorious students from Northeast belonging to lower economic strata will be awarded scholarships for studying at undergraduate level in colleges and universities of the country, Union Minister for Human Resources Development Smriti Irani has said.
The
UGC has launched a special scholarship scheme - 'Ishan Uday' - for
students of the Northeast from the academic session 2014-15, Irani said.
The
scheme permits a grant of 10,000 scholarships to students from the
Northeast, whose parental income is below Rs 4.5 lakh per annum and they
would be provided scholarship ranging from Rs 3,500 to 5,000 per month
for studying at undergraduate level in colleges and universities of the
country, Irani told a press conference.
The two programmes - Ishan Uday and Ishan Vikas - are part of initiatives taken by the HRD ministry in its first 100 days.
In
the "Ishan Vikas" programme, an interaction between teachers and
students from the Northeast will be facilitated with the Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
and IISERs in order to enhance the quality of education in Northeast and
fostering their desire to pursue technical education, the HRD minister
said.
Each
school will send one teacher to accompany a group of about 32 students
of class IX and X. The college students would be organised in two groups
in summer and in winter, each consisting of 32 students. About 2016
college students and 504 teachers from NE will be visiting premier
institutes like IIT, NIT and IISERs in an academic year.
The
summer internship for students from the engineering colleges with
stipends and travel will be taken up. From 25 institutions, about 250
students will be visiting 16 IITs and six NITs (to start with, six NITs
are being considered) per year, the minister added.
AICTE
through its Saksham programme has decided to award 1,000 scholarships
to differently-abled students to pursue technical education based on
merit in qualifying examination, the ministry said. Also, CBSE's UDAAN
will provide special incentives to 1,000 selected disadvantaged girls to
enable admission in science or engineering colleges.
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