‘Vidya Gyan Scholarship Scheme' - Instituted by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation

To ensure quality education to girls from Dalit and Muslim families even after primary school level is a great challenge today. This challenge has been bravely taken up by Rajiv Gandhi foundation with generous financial support from the Shri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Educational and Charitable Trust in form of a scholarship programme - The VidyaGyan Scholarships. The programme will cover 3 districts of Rae Bareily, Varanasi and Barabanki Uttar Pradesh. Around 1500 scholarships will be awarded to girls studying in class 6 and class 9.This will check the number of dropouts among girls belonging to muslim and dalit families which are the most marginalized and vulnerable sections of the society. The girls’ selection for availing the benefits is primarily on merit.
Sahbhagi Shikshan Kenra has taken up the job for proper implementation of Vidyagyan scholarship programme in Cholapur block in Varanasi distt. At a time when the girls and women are at the most disadvantaged position socially, economically and culturally, it is going to be an arduous task for Ssk to motivate the community to support the cause for providing quality education to girls. Ssk has not only ensured that the scholarship amount is used for purchasing schoolbooks, school dress and meeting out tuition expenses for the girls but has also started coaching centers by recruiting teachers who will help out the girls in subjects like maths and English. In time these teachers will be responsible for mobilizing community by calling regular MTA/PTA meetings and linking the local governance with the programme by making the VEC functional.

The programme has shown a scientific and progressive temperament by including computer education in its support area. With the society becoming more and more techno savvy, it has been emphasized that the selected girls in class IXth should be made computer literate so that they could boldly face the challenge given by their counterpart studying in towns. For this an additional amount of Rs. 250 will be provided to the girls for getting computer education. Ssk is also thinking seriously on its contribution towards providing computer education.

Though the programme is in its nascent stage as it has been launched on 3rd Nov. 2007 but it is for sure that within a short span of time it will become a ray of hope for the girls who have lost their hope to carry on their studies further.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Copyright © : Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra, Lucknow