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HYDERABAD: To encourage education among children from nomadic backward classes (BCs) in Telangana, the BC welfare department is planning to provide them admissions to government residential schools at any point of the academic year without holding entrance tests. Admissions will be given to BC welfare and social welfare residential schools in respective districts.
In a move to improve the literacy rate among the nomadic BCs, the BC welfare department has recently proposed to launch a survey to identify eligible children to send them to schools. According to the data available with the government, there are 51 nomadic BCs in Telangana and around 90 per cent of their children are away from formal education.
Though the nomadic BCs are entitled to several welfare schemes o the state and central governments, they are unable to utlise the benefits of schemes due to lack of awareness. Recently, the Union government has launched a scholarship scheme for them but very few of them are aware of it, said an official of the BC welfare department. The government is also planning to organise programmes to motivate parents to send their children to schools.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/No-Admission-Tests-for-Nomadic-BCs/2015/03/23/article2725713.ece
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