Punjab Government on Thursday launched e-portal for the SC Students to apply for post matric scholarship.
“This is Department’s unique initiative to provide such a state-of-the-art tool to students so that their time and money could be saved and their energy could be utilised in positive way,” said the state Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Minister Dr Baljit Kaur, after presiding over a training session regarding SC Scholarship held at Dr BR Ambedkar Bhawan, Mohali.
Dwelling on the teachings of Dr Ambedkar, she said that education is the vital tool to create equal society and this is the befitting tribute to the founder of the constitution to provide fair and reasonable education opportunities to the downtrodden sections of the society.
The Minister said that dreams of Dr Ambedkar will be realised through education as Baba Sahib always raised his voice to educate every section of the society. “The target of social equality will only be achieved through education,” she said highlighting her efforts to release funds of Rs 181.03 crore under Post Matric Scholarship Scheme and this amount would be released to the students soon.
She also inspired the trainers to achieve the target pertaining to implement these schemes on ground level so that every eligible student will be able to get the benefits of these schemes. She added that Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Department has initiated various initiatives for the welfare of the SC students.
The Minister also assured the management of Dr BR Ambedkar Bhawan to fulfill all their legitimate demands.
The state Principal Secretary (Social Justice and Empowerment) Ramesh Ganta expressed words of gratitude towards the Minister for visiting the training program and enlightened the trainers about the future course of action.