Govt extends Jai Bhim Yojana to OBC, general category students

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 3 

In a major decision, the Cabinet chaired by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, granted its approval to the Department of Social Welfare’s proposal for the expansion of ‘Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojana’ to include all children who have passed class X and XII from Delhi and whose annual family income is less than eight lakh rupees. 

“Our government is giving maximum attention to Education. It is our aim to ensure that no child born here should bereft of good education in this age of stiff competition due to poverty or lack of resources. To achieve this goal we have taken many steps,” he said. 

Further the CM said, “On the one hand we have made education completely free till class XII and on the other hand we have completely changed the picture of government schools, which used to be in very bad condition earlier, but now these schools shine.”

For higher education, the Delhi Government now provides a loan of upto Rs 10 lakh for college education and so that children do not have to bother their parents for their studies, he said. 

“Today is the age of cut throat competition and children require coaching for getting admission in good engineering and medical colleges. Children born in poor families are also very intelligent, but in the absence of resources for coaching they are left behind, and only those with sufficient economic resources have access to coaching,” the Chief Minister said.