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Jharkhand News: State Govt to launch scholarship scheme for Divyangjan, orphan students

THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK Ranchi, January 12: The state higher education department is in the making of friends in distress for the…

Jharkhand News: State Govt to launch scholarship scheme for Divyangjan, orphan students

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THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK

Ranchi, January 12: The state higher education department is in the making of friends in distress for the Divyangjan and orphan students.

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The higher education department is in the advanced stages of framing a scholarship scheme for Divyangjan and orphan students.

Secretary of the higher education department Rahul Kumar Purwar announced this to the Divyangjan and orphan students’ cheers.

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There is hardly any year when students do not lose their parents. They abandon their courses mid-way.

The higher education department is now gearing up for them. There is a decline in the numbers; when their number was 533 in 2021, it’s now 462 in 2023.

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Again, 771 Divyangjan students were enrolled, out of which just 77 could complete their programmes as per the AISHE 2020 -21 survey report.

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