Summary:
Bijnor: Only 30% eligible candidates have applied for the minority student scholarship scheme this year in Bijnor , compared to 100% last year. Most of the students from the minority community who had applied for the central government’s scheme last year had been rejected and as a result, they didn’t bother this year.Praveen Mishra from the district minority welfare department confirmed that they had met only 30% of their target in getting minority students to apply for the scheme. There are over 70,000 students from the minority community studying in Bijnor. I had applied to avail a scholarship but was unable to. Last year, most of them had applied for the scheme and many had been rejected..