Denotified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribes Welfare Department has allocated Rs 141 lakh to School Education Department towards scholarships of students belonging to these tribes. This includes Rs 50 lakh for primary education scholarship scheme, Rs 35 lakh for middle education, Rs 16 lakh for post-matric scheme and Rs 26 lakh for girls’ literacy promotion scheme.
Denotified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribes Welfare Minister Antar Singh Arya informed that the department distributes scholarships to these students through School Education Department. For the year 2014-15, the State Government has provisioned Rs 50 lakh for primary education scholarship scheme, Rs 35 lakh for middle education, Rs 40 lakh for post-matric scheme and Rs 65 lakh for girls’ literacy promotion scheme.
Under primary education scholarship scheme, scholarships are provided to all students of class I to V belonging to Denotified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic tribes, class VI to VIII students under middle education, class XI or above under post-matric scholarship scheme and to girls taking admission in class VI, IX and XI under girls literacy promotion scheme.
Girl students belonging to these tribes are given additional incentive amounts of Rs 500, Rs 1,000 and Rs 3,000, respectively under the above categories of scholarships. In this year’s Budget, Rs 40 lakh has been earmarked for girls taking admission in class VI and Rs 25 lakh for girls taking admission in class IX and XI.