Bus services for women college students to come up in J'khand

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Press Trust of India Ranchi
Last Updated : Jul 07 2017 | 5:28 PM IST
Jharkhand HRD Minister Neera Yadav today said arrangements were being made for recruitment of teachers, introduction of bus services for women college students, and setting up better laboratories and libraries.
Bus service for women college students were being started so that girls from remote areas could reach colleges without hindrance, she said.
The government would also hold a programme for students to unearth hidden talent in them, Yadav said at a press conference here.
She said that the government's priority was to take every child to school and for this, schemes are functioning.
The government is providing up to Rs 1 lakh assistance under Mukhya Mantri Fellowship Yozana to scholarly students for higher education or education in foreign country, she said.
For the first time, the state government has approved grants to Sanskrit schools and Madarsas, the minister said.
Books in Santhali, Ho, Mundari, Khadia and Kudukh languages were being made available, she said adding that books in Urdu would also be available from the next session.

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First Published: Jul 07 2017 | 5:28 PM IST

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