Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar has launched the Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SRESHTA) which goals to supply high quality schooling and alternatives to the poorest SC college students, as per the constitutional mandate.
Under the scheme, 177 non-public faculties have been recognized, and 1,300 seats in grade 9 and 1,700 seats in grade 11are reserved for these college students. Scheduled Caste (SC) college students from throughout states and union territoris (UTs) are chosen by way of a clear mechanism of a National Entrance Test for SRESHTA (NETS), carried out by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
To qualify for the scheme, the parental earnings of the scholars shall not be greater than Rs 2.5 lakh per 12 months and the scholarship will cowl college payment (together with tuition payment) and hostel payment (together with mess fees).
The scholarship quantity for grade 9 is Rs one lakh, grade 10 is Rs 1.10 lakh, grade 11 Rs 1.25 lakh and grade 12 is Rs 1.35 lakh each year.
Addressing the scholars, Kumar talked about by way of the scheme, the federal government goals to empower college students from the SC neighborhood. “We want to give them the same exposure that any other student studying in a good school would get. The National Testing Agency would conduct the nationwide computer-based test and the admission in schools would be based on the merit as obtained in the nationwide test. The selected students would be offered choices of the schools through web-based counselling system,” he mentioned.
With inputs from PTI.
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