A few days after raising the reservation of seats in educational institutions for them, the State Government on Friday announced a hike in pre-matriculation scholarships for students belonging to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities. A directive issued by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the hike would be applicable to both hostel boarders and day scholars.
While the monthly scholarship for boy boarder’s studying in Classes from I to X has been increased to Rs 650, the same for girls has been hiked to Rs 800. Similarly, for day scholars studying in Classes from VI to VII, the scholarship money has been enhanced to Rs 180 a month while that for the girls has been increased to Rs 240. Besides, the scholarship amount has been hiked to Rs 240 a month for boy day scholars studying in Class VIII and to Rs 300 for girls.