Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, on Saturday, November 8, announced that he has paid the fee worth Rs 13.36 lakhs for 10,959 SSC students enrolled in government schools in the Karimnagar parliamentary constituency.
According to Kumar, who is the Karimnagar MP, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leaders handed over cheques to the district collectors in Rajanna Sircilla, Karimnagar, Jagtial, Siddipet and Hanamkonda districts.
Out of the 10,959 students, 4,356 are from Karimnagar, 3,920 from Rajanna-Sircilla, 1,133 from Siddipet, 1,087 from Jagtial and 463 from Hanamkonda.
Owaisi pays fee for 1700 urdu medium students
Earlier, on November 5, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owais paid the fee for 1,700 students enrolled in Urdu medium schools under the sponsorship of Majlis Charities Educational and Relief Trust.
Earlier, 12,000 educational kits comprising school bags, long books and guide sets were distributed among Class 6 to 9 students in September, followed by ‘all-in-one study material’ for nearly 8,000 Class 10 students across Telangana in October.
This year, approximately Rs 86 lakh is being spent on educational assistance. Over the last 21 years, the Trust has spent nearly Rs 10.50 crore towards educational kits, SSC examination fees, cash awards for SSC toppers and study materials for underprivileged students, a release from the party stated.
Speaking at the programme, Asaduddin Owaisi said that the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of Muslims at the national level stands at 40 per cent, while Telangana records 36 per cent, which he described as the highest among Indian states.
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