{"id":87809,"date":"2019-06-19T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=87809"},"modified":"2019-06-19T18:05:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T12:35:09","slug":"new-modi-government-scholarship-scheme-for-minorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/government\/new-modi-government-scholarship-scheme-for-minorities","title":{"rendered":"New Modi Government Scholarship Scheme for Minorities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Scholarship Scheme for the Students from Minority Communities has been Announced by PM Modi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led new NDA government has announced scholarships for 5 crore Indian students from the minority communities. Reports say 50% of the scholarships are reserved exclusively for the girls from minority communities.<\/p>\n

What are the announcements made by the Union Minister?<\/h3>\n

The announcement of this scholarship was done at New Delhi\u2019s Antyodaya Bhawan after Maulana Azad Education Foundation\u2019s governing body and general body meetings. These meetings were chaired by the Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and the announcements were as under:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that the scholarships will be available for the coming 5-years for a wide array of courses including technical, professional, pre-matric, and post-matric studies.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 While outlining the objective behind this scholarship scheme, Naqvi said that these scholarships are meant for ensuring \u201csocio-economic-educational empowerment of minorities especially girls through ‘3Es- Education, Employment and Empowerment’.\u201d<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 He went on to say that these scholarships will help in creating an environment of inclusive growth, not through appeasement politics. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also believes that these new scholarships for the minority community will help in eradication of communalism.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 The economically weaker sections of the minority community will also be provided with over 10 lakh Begum Hazrat Mahal girls’ scholarships in the coming 5-years.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 India\u2019s reputed educational institutions will also offer bridge courses for those girls from the minority community who dropped out of school. The bridge courses will help in linking education and employment.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 For enabling Madrassa teachers to provide mainstream education to the students of the madrassa, the teachers of these Islamic institutions will be provided with special training in mainstream subjects such as Computer, Science, Maths, English, and Hindi.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 Under Pradhanmantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK), the educational infrastructure (including schools, hostels for girls, polytechnics, colleges, common service centres, and gurukul-type residential schools) is being created on a war-footing. This is done in areas where educational infrastructure is either weak or non-existent.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 The Union government is all set to launch its ‘Padho-Badho’ awareness campaign next month for encouraging education, especially among minority community girls. The emphasis will be given to areas where minority girl students are not sent to schools. This campaign will include many forms including cultural programmes, short films, and street plays (also called \u201cNukkad Natak\u201d). The minister announced that the first phase of the campaign will focus on 60 districts of India where the concentration of minorities is high.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 The weaker sections of the minority communities (be it Muslims, Parsis, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, or Christians) will also be provided with free coaching for different types of competitive services including railways, staff selection commission, banking, and administrative services (central as well as state).<\/p>\n

Prime Minister\u2019s Scholarship Scheme: Major Changes Approved by the New Cabinet<\/h2>\n

Modi Cabinet 2.0 has approved certain big changes in the Prime Minister\u2019s Scholarship Scheme and the most important ones are:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 The scholarship rates have been increased for both boys and girls:<\/p>\n