Telangana state wants Navodaya schools exclusively for minority groups
The government is prepared to provide suitable lands as well as financial contribution
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-01-10 01:22 GMT
Hyderabad: The Telangana state government on Friday urged the Centre to sanction Navodaya schools exclusively for minorities of the state and the Centre, in principle, agreed to consider the request.
While discussing the matter with the minister of state for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday at Tourism Bhavan in the city, Telangana deputy chief minister Mahmood Ali and M.J. Akbar, director of minority welfare informed the minister that younger generation of minorities in the state was eager to compete with other sections of people of society.
According to sources, the deputy CM explained to the Union minister that their government is prepared to provide suitable lands as well as financial contribution to set up Navodaya schools as a majority of the students from the minority community are demanding residential schools on the lines of schools to SC and STs.
Referring to post-metric scholarships, Mahmood Ali informed the minister that the minority welfare department has received 1.14 lakh applications from students,which exceeds the sanctioned quota of 60,000 and requested Mr Naqvi to release the funds for the remaining applications, sources disclosed.