[Reader-list] Grants for Educational Infrastructure and Facilities

[A.K. Malik]

Hi Ms Parekh,
              I had an opportunity to go thr the link and tumbled upon the link on Maulana Azad Education Foundation which is sponsoring the Scholarships to Girl Students belonging to minorities.I have gone thr the achievements of the Foundation which is doing a good job.The Foundation is a Society controlled by the Ministry of Minority Affairs.Some of my observations are:
1. The Foundation has been in existence since 1989 almost 20 years back.

2. The Foundation lists aims and objects for which this Foundation is established,inter alia, as
   i)      to remove educational backwardness, and create awareness about the national ideals of JUSTICE, LIBERTY, EQUALITY AND FRATERNITY AND DEMOCRACY, SECULARISM and SOCIALISM;
   ii)      to formulate and implement educational schemes and plans for the benefit of the educationally backward minorities in particular and weaker sections in general.

3.Scholarship allocation is only to Muslims,Christians,Sikhs,Buddhists and Parsis as per census of 2001.

4.All the nominated members are Muslims from various fields.

Now my curosity:
a) The Govt has so far given a Corpus of Rs 331.66 Crores to the Foundation, why the Foundation has not been able to find even a single GIRL belonging to the weaker sections in general in the last 20 years to receive the scholarship.
(aims and object ii above)
b) Why the Foundation has not been able to find even a single Qualified member for Nomination from minority other than Muslims like Christian,Sikh,Buddhist,Parsi etc.
Any Comments please.I know the other way is to get info by RTI application.
Regards,
 
 (A.K.MALIK)


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