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Edu Dept may remove 3.55L students enrolled in two schools

The state education department is likely to strike off enrolment of around 3.55 lakh students on the charges that they are studying in two schools at a time. Edu Dept may remove 3.55L students enrolled in two schools The government schemes are only for those students who are enrolled in government schools. Officials said that the names and details of students getting illegitimate advantage of the government schemes, mainly the cash incentives, were culled down from the Aadhaar-based list of students enrolled in various private schools and the government schools. In Bihar, there are about 3 crore students enrolled in around 72,000 government schools, including primary, upper primary, secondary and higher secondary sections. “Some of the students, who are attending private schools, have also kept enrolled in the government schools for the sake of getting cash incentives like cycle schemes, uniform scheme, books, besides the scholarships and incentives for better results,” said a senior officer of the education department, adding that the private schools are being asked regularly to upload details of students enrolled there on the E-Shiksha Kosh portal regularly.

Hindustan Times

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