State scholarship scheme for students extends to 253 courses

Pune: Students pursuing higher education from poor families can now benefit from Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Education Fee Scholarship Scheme for 253 courses after Standard XII.
Earlier, these courses covered were about 200. The scholarship scope was expanded by the department of higher and technical education after colleges increased the courses.Over one lakh students in the state benefit from this scheme.
Currently, the courses covered under the scheme include medicine, engineering, architecture, pharmacy, and agriculture. While students enrolled in govt-run, aided, partially aided, and private colleges get the benefit, those admitted to private deemed universities and self-financed universities are excluded.
Roshni Jadhav, a beneficiary of the scholarship scheme, said, "The govt system is too slow when it comes to covering the courses under the scholarships. Every new course approval by the AICTE should automatically be covered under any scholarship scheme. This process of approval from govt is highly time-consuming."
The master of human capital management and employee relations course has been made part of the scholarship. The decision to add the course was taken after principal secretary (higher and technical education), Vikas Rastogi, convened a meeting on Oct 9.
Head: Full Funding For Girls
Govt provides financial assistance to students from economically backward classes and economically weaker section
Criteria included admission to diploma, degree, postgraduate technical, and professional courses through the Centralised Admission Process and whose family income is less than Rs 8 lakh
Girl students get a 100% scholarship on tuition and examination fees, boys receive a scholarship of 50%