Govt is implementing various educational upliftment schemes of Minorities

New Delhi: The Government is implementing various schemes for the welfare and upliftment of every section of the society including minorities especially economically weaker & downtrodden sections all over the country.

The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements various scholarship schemes for educational empowerment of six notified minority communities i.e. Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Muslims, Buddhists and Parsis under which approx 4.52 crore minority students belonging to economically weaker section from the six centrally notified minority communities have been benefitted.

Besides, there is another Scheme namely Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK), which is implemented by the Ministry, in 1300 identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) of the country with the objective to develop socio economic and educational infrastructure assets and basic amenities in these areas. For Larger coverage of the scheme, in the year 2018 the areas under PMJVK have been increased from 90 Districts originally to 308 Districts of the country, which include 870 Blocks, 321 Towns and 109 District Headquarters.

The thrust of PMJVK is to allocate at least 80% of the resources to education, health and skill development sectors of which at least 33-40% are allocated for women centric projects. The type of education projects sanctioned under PMJVK includes new school buildings, student hostels, residential schools, smart classrooms, computer labs, Libraries, Degree colleges, ITIs, Polytechnics, Unani Medical College, Nursing College, etc. Under the PMJVK more than 43000 basic infrastructure projects have been created such as schools, colleges, hostels, community centres, common service centres, ITIs, Polytechnics, Girls Hostels, Sadbhavana Mandaps, Hunaar Hub, etc in backward Minority concentrated areas across the country. After 2018, the Ministry has sanctioned a total of 19817 educational projects which include 4571 Additional Class Rooms (ACRs), 333 ACR Blocks, 492 School Buildings, 106 Residential Schools, 260 Hostels, 24 Degree Colleges, 37 ITIs, 8 Polytechnics, 636 toilets in school and 13350 Smart Class Room.

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