Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 3: A group of students and their parents today protested while demanding implementation of scholarship scheme for the students of Jammu and Kashmir.
The protesters said that Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved Special Scholarship Scheme for the Jammu and Kashmir students in 2011 to pursue higher education outside the State. But the undue delay in the release of fees is putting the career of hundreds of students at stake.
Under this scheme, more than 5000 beneficiaries have sought admission in different discipline including undergraduate technical and general degree courses in different colleges of country.
“The Government at that time had ensured that every scholar would get upto Rs. 30,000 per annum for tuition fees for general degree courses, upto Rs.1.25 lakh per annum for engineering course and upto Rs.3 lakh per annum for medical studies. In addition to these, hostel fees and incidentals were also promised to be given for all categories of courses up to a ceiling of Rs. 1 lakh per annum. But even after having appeared in their semester exams, the funds are yet to be released, for which the deserving students are suffering,” said the protesters.
The protesters said that the Ministry of Human Resources Development has not confirmed the scholarship yet, which has raised uncertainty regarding their admissions in the upcoming semesters.
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