SC nursing students of self-financing courses plead for scholarship
JUNE 27, 2019 00:00 IST
JUNE 27, 2019 00:00 IST
Nursing students with their petitions at Madurai Collectorate on Wednesday.R. Ashok
Eight nursing students hailing from the Scheduled Caste community on Wednesday submitted a petition to Collector (in-charge) S. Shanta Kumar on non-availability of post-matric scholarships for them.
The students belonged to Chithirai College of Nursing here.
P. Priyanka, daughter of an agricultural labourer, said she had to pay a fee of Rs. 1.20 lakh each year as she had enrolled in a self-financing course. “Under the scholarship, we are expected to receive Rs. 45,000.”
Her parents were struggling to pay Rs. 75,000, she added.
Another student, R. Sushmita, said several students from the SC community had taken educational loans. “Being suddenly told of the lack of scholarship money will make it difficult for us to continue our studies. If we do not pay the fee by September, the institution may even stop us from writing the exam.”
They assumed that the scholarship money would ease their burden, she added.
Both students said their peers from other colleges too faced similar problems but did not come together to lodge the complaint.
“We have no choice but to take this fight to the district administration and maybe to the courts if necessary,” said Ms. Priyanka.
Eight nursing students hailing from the Scheduled Caste community on Wednesday submitted a petition to Collector (in-charge) S. Shanta Kumar on non-availability of post-matric scholarships for them.
The students belonged to Chithirai College of Nursing here.
P. Priyanka, daughter of an agricultural labourer, said she had to pay a fee of Rs. 1.20 lakh each year as she had enrolled in a self-financing course. “Under the scholarship, we are expected to receive Rs. 45,000.”
Her parents were struggling to pay Rs. 75,000, she added.
Another student, R. Sushmita, said several students from the SC community had taken educational loans. “Being suddenly told of the lack of scholarship money will make it difficult for us to continue our studies. If we do not pay the fee by September, the institution may even stop us from writing the exam.”
They assumed that the scholarship money would ease their burden, she added.
Both students said their peers from other colleges too faced similar problems but did not come together to lodge the complaint.
“We have no choice but to take this fight to the district administration and maybe to the courts if necessary,” said Ms. Priyanka.
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