Haryana Free Education Scheme: More Than 92% Seats Vacant
Check out more details about the Haryana Free Education Scheme. More than 92% seats are still vacant as students prefer private schools.
Haryana Free Education Scheme – The economically weaker section (EWS) students prefer studying at their existing government schools despite the Haryana Free Education Scheme. Although they have an option to get free education in Haryana’s “budget” private schools located at most of the villages or small towns, very few students are opting for it.
About Haryana Free Education Scheme
Under the Haryana Free Education Scheme, as many as 381 “budget” private schools had offered 24,987 seats for EWS students of government schools for which the state will reimburse their fee of Rs 700/1,100 per student. Only 1,665 students from government schools have preferred to go to these private schools under the scheme. This accounts for 6.6% of the total offered seats.
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Private Schools in Haryana
Admission in private schools was offered under the “Chief Minister Equal Education Relief, Assistance and Grant (Cheerag)” scheme. Under the Cheerag scheme, students whose parents have an annual verified income of less than Rs 1.8 lakhs can take admitted to private schools from Class II to XII. In addition, the government will give Rs 700 per student from Classes II to V, Rs 900 per student from Classes VI to VIII and Rs 1,100 per student from Classes IX to XII.
The schools which participated in the scheme have a very low fee structure with regard to the reimbursement offered by the government in lieu of admissions.
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