Awasiya Vidyala Yojana

About This Scheme

It is often seen that children of construction workers stay with their parents at the work site. Due to poverty and lack of resources of the parents, such children are not able to take admission in any school or are not able to continue their education after taking admission. Realizing the need to start residential schools for such children of construction workers, a residential school scheme has been proposed. The objective of the scheme is to provide quality education to the children of registered construction workers in the age group of 6 to 14 years by providing them the facilities of primary, junior high school and secondary education. Scope of the plan: Initially, residential school scheme will be operated in districts Etawah, Bhadohi, Kannauj, Moradabad, Firozabad, Lalitpur, Bahraich, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Azamgarh, Agra and Meerut. Later, based on the experiences and needs gained, this scheme will be expanded to other districts.

Eligibility

1. Parent must be registered construction workers. 1. Child must be fall within the range of 6 to 14 years.

Benefits

1. Free residential education for all registered construction workers' sons/daughters. 1. Free accommodation, clothing, food and other facilities available.

How to Apply

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