Students from under-privileged sections to study engineering

Minister for Higher Education Abdul Gani Malik flagged off the batch of 299 students admitted under centrally-sponsored special scholarship scheme for Jammu and Kashmir to undergo various engineering courses to various parts of the country.

The selected students have secured more than 50 per cent in Higher Secondary school examinations and whose parents' annual income is less than Rs 4.50 lakh, an official spokesman said today.

Malik, while congratulating them for bagging this opportunity, said the government is committed for upliftment of poor and downtrodden sections of the society.

"Every effort is being made to ameliorate the lot of under-privileged class," he added.