Residential schools and sports complexes will be opened across Chhattisgarh for students belonging to the Scheduled Caste category. Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot gave consent on the proposal while meeting Chhattisgarh’s Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Minister Kedar Kashyap at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi on Monday.
Kashyap informed the Union Minister that there is large population of scheduled caste people in various districts of the State. ‘Residential schools are needed to provide quality education to the poor students belonging to this category.’
He informed Gehlot that the State Government is already running ‘Eklavya residential schools’ with help of Central Government for tribal students of the State. He demanded for opening of similar schools for students of Scheduled Caste category. Kashyap also demanded for opening a Sports Complex in Chhattisgarh to promote poor students of Scheduled Caste category.
The Union Minister said that he will soon visit Chhattisgarh and hold discussions with the Tribal and Scheduled Caste Department Minister on various related issues and try to settle the issues on the spot in this regard.