Even after 51 years of independence and in spite of various measures taken to improve the level of education in the country, literacy levels among backward classes, particularly among women, continues to be extremely low. The number of steps has already been taken by the Government and considerable progress has been achieved in improving the level of literacy and education.
It is considered that a scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship would be helpful in spreading education among such children especially among the girl child of weaker sections. A scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship for the benefit of children belonging to Weaker Section among OBC�s has been formulated with the object in view.
Scope:-
OBCs living below double the poverty line form a bigger chunk of a population and there are disparities among OBCs themselves to start with, it is proposed to award scholarship to school-going children of poorer OBC parents whose annual income is below double the poverty line.