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Concerned over the increasing drop-out rate among girl students in the state, Samvad, a NGO, has decided to offer scholarships to the deserving ones to help them complete their education.
They have started a series of programmes through which they would identify the students, who would initially receive scholarship for a year.
To begin with, the NGO would support bright college-going girls, and it started the process at a function held recently at Government College for Women. Samvad coordinator Amit Bawa said initially they would support only 10 deserving candidates, and later reach out to other parts of the state. Bawa said of all the girls the group had interacted with till now, more than 70 per cent were intelligent and were compelled by economic constraints to give up studies. “Many of them are forced to work as domestic helps,” he said.
He added that they would hold several rounds of tests to narrow down the search, so that deserving girls at least get to complete their college education. Jyoti Bawa, co-coordinator of Samvad, said, “Once funds are aplenty, the NGO will also support education of poor schoolgirls.”
Dilraj Kaur, a member of Samvad, said the NGO had embarked on this idea with a view to empower rural women, a majority of whom have high IQ.
