Patna: Bihar Government will provide free education to Scheduled Castes(Sc), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Girl Students for studying till Post Graduation level.
A notification in this regard was released today and was preceded by a cabinet approval of Tuesday.
According to this scheme no fee would be levied on beneficiary students while taking admission in Government colleges and Universities and the State Government would subsequently compensate such institutions. The total Annual cost of this scheme has been estimated to be Rs. 29 Crores or $4.7 Million.
Around 4 Lakh students are likely to be benefitted by this scheme. The scheme was introduced upon learning that there has been a sharp decline in the number of students in PG Courses compared to Graduate Courses.