In a significant move towards promoting women’s education and empowerment, the Maharashtra government has introduced a groundbreaking scheme that provides 100% tuition and examination fee coverage for female students from economically and socially disadvantaged backgrounds pursuing professional courses.This landmark initiative, which will be implemented starting the 2024-25 academic year, aims to remove financial barriers and ensure equal access to higher education for girls belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) categories.
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About the Female Students News
The state government issued a Government Resolution (GR) Monday to formalise its recent announcement to extend 100 percent reimbursement of tuition and examination fees for female students from Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) with annual family incomes up to Rs 8 lakh in professional courses.
The GR by the higher and technical education department will also applicable for girls from Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) and orphans.The initiative aims to boost enrollment of female students in professional courses such as engineering, medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, among others.
According to information provided by the office of Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil, the scheme is effective from the current academic year. It applies to girls seeking admission to professional courses in the state through Common Admission Process (CAP) rounds and is expected to benefit approximately 205,499 girls.
Previously, girls from OBC and EWS categories received 50 percent fee reimbursement.
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Pointing out past delays in reimbursements causing uncertainty and stress among students, one beneficiary of the existing 50 percent reimbursement scheme stated, “The income condition is meant to prove our inability to bear expenses. Yet, we are expected to pay the full fee and wait for reimbursement. It would be more helpful if the government waived the fee for girls and paid it directly to the institute upon admission.”
As per the GR, girls who have already applied under the previous system must submit fresh applications. The state has approved an additional expenditure of Rs. 906.05 crore for this purpose.
However, students and beneficiaries have expressed concerns when Finance Minister Ajit Pawar initially announced this in the budget on June 28.
While welcoming the decision, students demand that instead of reimbursement, the government should directly pay the fees at the time of admission, thereby waiving them.
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Pointing out past delays in reimbursements causing uncertainty and stress among students, one beneficiary of the existing 50 percent reimbursement scheme stated, “The income condition is meant to prove our inability to bear expenses. Yet, we are expected to pay the full fee and wait for reimbursement. It would be more helpful if the government waived the fee for girls and paid it directly to the institute upon admission.”
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