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Restore pre-matric scholarship to minority students

Restore pre-matric scholarship to minority students

Chenani , Dec 7 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stali tonight urged Prime Minister Narerndra Modi to put on hold and restore pre-matric scholarship Scheme to all minority students studying from 1st to 8th standard.
In a Demi-Officia letter to Modi, , he said The Government of India has abruptly withdrawn the Minority Scholarship provided under the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme to students studying from 1st to 8th standard from the year 2022-2023.
In a letter dated 29.11.2022, the Ministry of Minority Affairs has stated that the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 makes it obligatory for the Government to provide free and compulsory elementary education (from classes I to VIII) to every child and hence only students studying in Classes IX and X will be eligible for the pre-matric scholarship scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

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