Grievance redressal through social media at all districts
Ranchi, August 14: Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Castes, Minorities and Backward class students in B. Ed institutions outside Jharkhand can also apply for scholarship till September 30 through e-kalyan portal.
Secretary ST/SC, minorities and backward classes and welfare department, Kamal Kishore Soan while reviewing the scholarship issues in the department directed that ST/SC, minorities and backward class students in B Ed institutions situated outside Jharkhand for the academic session 2020-2021 can apply for scholarship till September 30 through e-Kalyan portal of the government.
Significantly, the e-Kalyan portal has already been opened to provide scholarships to the students of the institutions.
The secretary also directed that scholarships should also be given to the students of class 01 to 10 of pre-matriculation as soon as possible for the academic session 2021—22.
In this regard, the officers of the district welfare departments in all the 24 districts have been asked to work in coordination with the officials of the respective district education department.
Along with this, applications for payment of scholarship for the academic session 2021-22 to the students belonging to Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Minorities and Backward Classes of the state in institutions within the state and outside the state in post-matriculation would also be taken till September 30.
During the review meeting it was decided to last date for registration and renewal of institution would also be extended.
The last date for registration of new educational institutions and renewal of registered institutions on the e-Kalyan portal was extended from August 14, 2021 to August 31, 2021.
The secretary also directed for grievance redressal through social media.
Grievance Redressal will be started through social media so that students belonging to Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Minorities and Backward Classes community can easily inform if they have any kind of complaint for scholarship. All the regional officers at the district level has been directed to listen to the grievances of the students and remove the difficulties at the earliest.