UP government to set up 20 Ashram system schools for the underprivileged
The Uttar Pradesh government will set up at least 20 ashram-based schools in the state to facilitate poor students belonging to SC, ST and general categories. Additionally, 45 hostels will also come up for these students.
At least 103 ‘ashram paddhati’ schools are already functioning in the state to provide free education, food, residential facilities, books and other requirements to students.
Providing details of the work done and schemes implemented in the past four years, social welfare minister Ramapati Shastri on Wednesday said over 21 lakh students got scholarships in 2016-17.
In 2019-20, the number of beneficiaries went up to more than 27 lakh, an increase of 28%.
Shastri’s press conference was the first in the series of conferences to be held by UP ministers to present the report card of their respective departments. The directive has been issued by CM Yogi Adityanath.
Shastri said the monthly pension of beneficiaries of old-age pension scheme also increased from Rs 400 to Rs 500.
“To provide better education to students from weaker sections, a coaching centre is coming up in Gorakhpur at a cost of Rs 8 crore. It will become operational next year,” the minister said.
Seven coaching centres are functioning in UP which help students prepare for civil services examination. These centres have produced 51 IPS and PCS officers in four years while 438 candidates got selected in other competitive examinations.
UP government to set up 20 Ashram system schools for the underprivileged
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