Udaan programme
Considering the current situation of abating girl students ratio in engineering colleges, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is launching a special programme for girls called Udaan.
This project aims to provide free online resources, tutorials, lectures, study material, to girl students of Class XI and Class XII to prepare for admission tests for engineering colleges of the country. These will be provided online and on tablets given to the students.
The programme is open for all girl students studying in Class XI and XII irrespective of their examination board. However, it is essential that student must be from PCM stream and should also have minimum 70 per cent marks in Class 10 overall and 80 per cent in Science and Mathematics. For boards which follow cumulative grade point average (CGPA), a minimum CGPA of 8 and GPA of 9 in Science and Mathematics is a must.
Board will provide periodic counselling to motivate students and parents be a part of this special initiative. CBSE will also start a student helpline, totally dedicated to enhancing the learning of girl students. last date for applications is October 27, 2014.
In total 1000 girls will be absorbed in the first year, under this special project, in which 50 per cent seats are earmarked for SC/ST/Backward classes.