BENGALURU:The state government has recently decided to provide free education for girls in the state up to post-graduation even in private educational institutions. Currently the girls are given free education in government schools and colleges up to undergraduate level. Now it will be extended to private instituitions and also up to post-graduation from the next academic year. Confirming this, Higher Education Minister Basavaraja Rayareddi said, “From the next academic year, it is completely free eductaion for girls in the state.”
Rayareddi was speaking at an event organised by Bangalore University at Central College premises on Thursday to inagaurate newly constructed buildings.“The mode of payment for private institutions towards the girl children fee is yet to be finalised. Once it is placed before the Cabinet and gets clearence, the departments concerned will work out the modalities,” said a senior official from the Higher Education Department.
According to officials, first priority before the government is to reimburse the fee paid by the students in the form of scholarship. “To avoid confusion or misuse of the scheme, it would be better to reimburse the beneficiaries. This is what we are doing with the fee education scheme announced for children of farmers who committed suicide. They have to join the institute by paying the required fee and later submit the receipt to the department concerned. The fee paid by them will be reimbursed to their bank accounts,” an official said.
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