‘Vidya
Gyan Scholarship Scheme’
Instituted by
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
To ensure quality education
to girls from Dalit and Muslim families even after primary school
level is a great challenge today. This challenge has been bravely
taken up by Rajiv Gandhi foundation with generous
financial support from the Shri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Educational
and Charitable Trust in form of a scholarship programme -
The VidyaGyan Scholarships. The programme will cover
3 districts of Rae Bareily, Varanasi and Barabanki Uttar Pradesh.
Around 1500 scholarships will be awarded to girls studying in
class 6 and class 9.This will check the number of dropouts among
girls belonging to muslim and dalit families which are the most
marginalized and vulnerable sections of the society. The girls’
selection for availing the benefits is primarily on merit.
Sahbhagi Shikshan
Kenra has taken up the job for proper implementation of Vidyagyan
scholarship programme in Cholapur block in Varanasi
distt. At a time when the girls and women are at the most
disadvantaged position socially, economically and culturally,
it is going to be an arduous task for Ssk to motivate the community
to support the cause for providing quality education to girls.
Ssk has not only ensured that the scholarship amount is used for
purchasing schoolbooks, school dress and meeting out tuition expenses
for the girls but has also started coaching centers by recruiting
teachers who will help out the girls in subjects like maths and
English. In time these teachers will be responsible for mobilizing
community by calling regular MTA/PTA meetings and linking the
local governance with the programme by making the VEC functional.
The programme has shown a scientific and progressive
temperament by including computer education in its support
area. With the society becoming more and more techno savvy, it
has been emphasized that the selected girls in class IXth should
be made computer literate so that they could boldly face the challenge
given by their counterpart studying in towns. For this an additional
amount of Rs. 250 will be provided to the girls for getting computer
education. Ssk is also thinking seriously on its contribution
towards providing computer education.
Though the programme is in its nascent stage
as it has been launched on 3rd Nov. 2007 but it is
for sure that within a short span of time it will become a ray
of hope for the girls who have lost their hope to carry on their
studies further.
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