Mangaluru, Nov 12: Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra has said that uplifting minorities and marginalized classes in the field of education is need of the hours.
Speaking at the Yenepoya Academic Excellence Awards distribution ceremony organised by the Yenepoya Foundation and Yenepoya University on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday he said that scholarships always encourage students.
Lauding the Yenepoya group for its gesture towards providing education to the minorities and economically weaker sections, Mr. Jayachandra said as the Law Minister, he was thinking of encouraging educational institutions across the State to adopt similar gestures.
The Minister said the gesture of the Yenepoya group qualified as corporate social responsibility. Other institutions should emulate the move, he said. Mr. Jayachandra further said he would rectify the anomalies in rules and regulations pertaining to minority educational institutions. The awards are being given by the Foundation for many years for students and institutions of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasaragod districts.
This year, 305 students and 14 institutions received the award and the cash prize ranges from Rs. 3,000 to Rs.10,000 with a total outlay of Rs. 11 lakh, said the university.
Students, irrespective of caste or religion, are awarded for scoring highest marks in SSLC, PUC and undergraduate courses. A few minority community institutions scoring 100 per cent result too got the award.
The Foundation also sponsors five each seats in MBBS, BDS, B.Sc (Nursing) and BPT, MPT and GNM courses in its colleges for students from undivided Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragod at an estimated cost of Rs. 250 lakh every year, with one seat each meant for orphans nominated by orphanages.
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