Scheme to fund Dalit students’ foreign education announced
Hindustan TimesThe Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced the Dr Ambedkar Samman Yojana, which promises to cover the cost of education of Dalit students who choose to pursue higher education in top foreign universities. Delhi CM Atishi, AAP National convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and others during the announcement of Dr Ambedkar Samman Scholarship on Saturday. At an event at AAP headquarters on Saturday, Kejriwal said the scheme was to honour Babasaheb Ambedkar and a “powerful response to BJP’s disrespect toward Babasaheb Ambedkar.” “I don’t want any child from Dalit community to be deprived of higher education because of the shortage of funds. Therefore, under the Dr Ambedkar Samman Scholarship, the AAP government will bear full cost of higher education of those talented children of the Dalit community, who will get admission in any top university abroad on the basis of their hard work and ability.