Dept. of Minorities Welfare, Govt. of Telangana sanctioned Rs. 25 crore for the year 2015-16 for pre-matric scholarships to Minorities Students. Mr. Syed Omer Jaleel, IAS, Special Secretary to Govt. issued a GO yesterday which allocates Rs. 5000 for the students studying in KG-V standard and Rs. 6000 for VI-X standard. Last year only 1.76 lakh students could get this scholarship. After granting Central Scholarships, many students were deprived of getting scholarships due to lack of funds. Govt. of Telangana has sanctioned Rs. 25 crore to benefit the remaining students. Vice President and MD of TS Minorities Finance Corporation has been instructed to take necessary steps to benefit the students who were deprived of this benefit earlier.
In addition to this, Govt. has sanctioned Rs. 14 crore and Rs. 22 crore for setting up 10 pre-matric and 10 post-matric residential schools respectively.
–Siasat News