Odisha authorities to enroll COVID orphans in greater schooling institutes

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: The division of Higher Education will quickly start work on enrolling kids orphaned by COVID-19 and throughout the pandemic into the upper schooling institutes from the 2022-23 tutorial session below the Green Passage scheme.

The present Green Passage scheme which is being carried out throughout the State for the reason that 2016-17 tutorial session has been offering free greater schooling to orphan kids who’re both in foster care or little one care establishments.

Officials within the division stated the district-level authorities involved can be requested to determine COVID orphan college students from Class 12 to these at PG stage. The recognized college students can be supplied monetary help to finish their greater schooling.

The State will bear all of the bills together with tuition charges and hostel lodging. And the federal government would bear the entire price of those college students no matter the truth that they pursue research in non-public or authorities faculties and universities.

In case of scholars who’re below foster care or care of a guardian, the district little one safety officer (DCPO) will want each the advice of Child Welfare Committee in addition to the revenue certificates from the tehsildar involved based mostly on which the DCPO will difficulty a certificates indicating him as beneficiary of the scheme. In case of scholars residing in little one care establishments, the DCPO will confirm his/her data and difficulty the certificates immediately.

A provision of Rs 10 crore has been made for six tutorial classes starting 2022-23 for the aim, with Rs 2 crore for every session. Earlier this 12 months, the State authorities had stated that round 24,405 kids had been orphaned by COVID or throughout the pandemic in Odisha.