SC, ST Welfare Minister Gyan Singh has said that post-graduation in engineering was major challenge for SC, ST students. Despite interest, students of these classes are not able to pass GATE and CAT exams due to lack of resources. They can pursue higher education through preliminary training.
Singh was addressing a preliminary training programme of GATE and CAT here on Friday. Bhopal MP Alok Sanjar was also present on the occasion.For preliminary training, 24 Scheduled Caste students have been selected out of 142 applicants. Topper of the merit list secured 79.43 per cent marks and students having secured up to 74.10 per cent marks were selected for training. Similarly, topper of the merit list of disabled students secured 68.50 percent marks.
Among Scheduled Caste girl students, the topper secured 77.20 per cent marks while candidates having secured up to 72.56 per cent marks were selected for training.Similarly, among scheduled tribes boy students, the topper secured 74.30 percent marks while candidates having secured up to 65.78 percent marks were selected for training.All the selected students will undergo training at the centre for 6 months and appear at tests conducted by GATE and CAT.