4 lakh minority students got no scholarship

MUMBAI: Around 4 lakh school students from minority communities in Maharashtra were denied their pre-matric scholarship in the last academic year, because of “technical

Published on: Sep 21, 2016, 06:40:40 IST

By Musab Qazi

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MUMBAI: Around 4 lakh school students from minority communities in Maharashtra were denied their pre-matric scholarship in the last academic year, because of “technical glitches” with the scholarship website, the response to a Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed.

According to the response to an RTI filed by Razaullah Khan, a school principal from Latur and an activist with the Movement for Peace and Justice (MPJ), an NGO, around 7.18 lakh students from across the state were up for the renewal of their annual pre-matric scholarship for the academic year 2015-16, but the state got only 3.77 lakh applications, of which around 3.31 lakh were deemed eligible for the educational assistance.

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Musab Qazi
Musab Qazi is a Trainee Correspondent, covering education. He generally writes about higher education policies in Maharashtra and new trends in the education sector.

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