Scholarships
J&K administration has been trying to provide a level playing field for the tribal children to compete in education. They have not only introduced smart schools for them but have also decided to provide them with scholarships so that they don’t feel deprived of opportunities for the future.
Recently the J & K government has said that they will be providing scholarships to 21,000 children of Gaddi, Sippi, Dard, Sheena communities who were deprived of the same for the last 3 decades.
In 1991, the Gaddi, Sippi community was declared tribal but their children were denied scholarship. For three decades they kept approaching governments but no decision was taken. This issue was brought to the notice of LG Sinha who provided scholarships to these children.
He congratulated the Tribal communities and the concerned administrative departments for the historic beginning of the new era of educational empowerment of Tribals in J&K.
He said that priority is to secure the future of tribal children. Smart schools in tribal & remote areas equipped with modern facilities will develop scientific temper in children and make them future ready, besides arresting the drop-out rate.
The J&K government has formulated a visionary framework for the functioning of the Smart Schools. Members of the Tribal communities, PRI representatives, and the people associated with voluntary organizations will be involved in the management so that these schools could perform the role of ‘changemakers’ in our society.
