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Foreign Education Scheme Offers Wings To Tribal Learners in Kerala
SC/ST Welfare Minister K Radhakrishnan said that we executed several schemes in the past 50 years for the exhilaration of SC/ST students. They can compete with other communities only with the help of good education and jobs. He informed only 62 students had profited from the foreign education scheme until 2021. However, in the past 18 months, we delivered Rs 25 lakh each to 250 students, 15 of whom belong to ST.

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SC/ST Welfare Minister K Radhakrishnan said that we executed several schemes in the past 50 years for the exhilaration of SC/ST students. They can compete with other communities only with the help of good education and jobs.



He informed only 62 students had profited from the foreign education scheme until 2021. However, in the past 18 months, we delivered Rs 25 lakh each to 250 students, 15 of whom belong to ST.



He said a B.com graduate Kozhikode Prasanth from St Joseph’s College Devagiri, had applied for MBA at Anglia Ruskin University in England and was intending to apply for an educational loan when he learned about the scholarship. He added the department was very supportive and processed my application in 10 days.



Prasanth’s father is an ambulance driver at Muttil Vivekananda Hospital in Wayanad, and his mother is a nurse. The family lives in the Kolipatta colony in the Kaniyambatta colony. He stated that- I am in the second semester, and my course will finish in December. Of the Rs 28 lakh course fee, the department offered Rs 25 lakh, and my family arranged the remains. He added it’s an inventive course, and I’m confident of landing a job.



Neethu, studying MSc in Birmingham

Neethu Prabhakaran of Ambalavayal completed her engineering in Electronics and Communication from Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, in 2017 and was preparing for the civil services examination. Later, she decided to seek MSc in Data Analytics at Aston University in Birmingham, UK.



Neethu said the department processed my application in one month. She informed that the course fee is Rs 23.5 lakh, and the accommodation expense will come to 8 lakh, for which she has availed of a loan, and she joined last September. P C Prabhakaran, Neethu’s father, an ASI with CISF, serves at Kochi airport, while her mother Sudha, is a homemaker/housewife. She stated that she belongs to the Kuruma community, studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya, and is fluent in English and Hindi.



Neethu said I enjoy the studies and environment here. SC/ST Welfare Minister Radhakrishnan stated foreign education would open new avenues for the learners, and they will get good jobs abroad.



The scholarship has built a lot of enthusiasm among the students, and we are getting many inquiries. However, some recruitment agencies have begun manipulating them. We are planning an awareness campaign in the community, said tribal development assistant director Y Bipindas.



New Source: The New Indian Express


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