Telangana Government Plans Scooties for Disabled Intermediate Students in Colleges
The Telangana government is considering new welfare schemes including scooties for disabled intermediate students and scholarships for meritorious girls in government junior colleges to improve access to education.
- Telangana government plans scooties for disabled intermediate students.
- Intermediate department proposes welfare schemes for students.
- Scooties and scholarships expected to boost college admissions.
The Telangana government is planning to introduce new welfare initiatives aimed at supporting students studying in government junior colleges. Among the proposed measures is a scheme to provide specially designed scooties for disabled intermediate students to help them travel independently to their colleges.
Officials from the Intermediate Education Department have submitted key proposals to the state government regarding these schemes. If approved, the programmes are likely to be implemented from the next academic year.
According to the department, the main goal of these initiatives is to improve access to education and encourage more students to join government junior colleges. The state currently has around 430 government junior colleges where nearly 1.72 lakh students are pursuing intermediate education.
Authorities noted that government support has already helped increase admissions in these colleges. Compared to last year, around eleven thousand additional students enrolled in government junior colleges during the current academic year.
One of the major proposals focuses on providing scooties to eligible disabled intermediate students so they can travel to college without depending on others. Officials initially suggested distributing vehicles to about one thousand students under the scheme.
The department has requested the government to allocate around five crore rupees for the programme, with each vehicle estimated to cost nearly fifty thousand rupees. Authorities are also considering extending the benefit to transgender students studying in government colleges.
In addition to the scooty scheme, the department is proposing a scholarship programme for meritorious girl students studying in government junior colleges. The objective of this initiative is to support students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds and encourage them to continue higher education.
Under this plan, scholarships of two thousand five hundred rupees each may be given to nearly forty thousand girls based on their performance in the tenth class examinations. Officials have estimated that about ten crore rupees will be required to implement the scholarship scheme.
Sources indicate that the government has shown positive interest in these proposals. If the final approval is granted, the new welfare schemes for intermediate students are expected to be implemented from the upcoming academic year.
