AAPSU Demands Early Release of Pre & Post-matric Scholarships

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ITANAGAR: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) on Thursday urged State Governor Brig (Retired), Dr B D Mishra, to impress upon the Centre for early release of pre and post matric scholarship for the tribal students of the State. A three-member team of the apex students' body including vice president (Admin) Meje Taku, Convenor Tatung Taga and Education Secretary Prem Tallong called on the governor at Raj Bhawan here and submitted a representation to the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs through him for early release of scholarship.

Pre & Post-matric Scholarships in Arunachal Pradesh

Informing about the untold sufferings of the students due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic and due to adoption of online/blended mode of education, the AAPSU team said that the usual timing for officially disbursing the centrally-sponsored umbrella scholarship for tribal and minority students have passed and the competent authorities have somehow failed to release the scholarship on time.

"Further due to online classes, students, irrespective of classes and streams took the responsibility of purchasing smartphones as it was requisite for such classes. This is in addition to the several layers of problems already faced by the students' community. Under such circumstances, when the scholarships are not released on time, it is the students who are at the receiving end," the union pointed out.

The AAPSU team added that students are upset and deeply stressed over the lack of resources for continuing online classes and the unjustifiable delay in the release of umbrella scholarship has severely affected the beneficiaries.

Meanwhile, an AAPSU team led Taku also met both the Director (Medical Education) and the Principal Secretary (Finance & Health) on Wednesday regarding the issue of non-release of stipends for paramedical and Nursing students.

While putting forth the grievances of the students, the visiting team urged the state government to immediately release the pending stipend of paramedical and nursing students without any further delay.

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