Bazm-E-Niswan, an all women’s charitable trust distributed Rs. 1 crore 32 lakhs in scholarships to 3613 female students from the economically weaker section of the community on Thursday. While 1,731 beneficiaries are PU students, 1,722 are pursuing undergraduate courses. As many as 65 are diploma students and 95 are post-graduate students.
The organisation has been distributing scholarships since its inception in 1971 and has so far given financial aid to over 63000 students to complete their higher education.
The purpose behind the yearly scholarships is to encourage Muslim girls from deprived sections to pursue higher studies, Mrs Husna Ziaullah Sheriff, president, Bazm-E-Niswan said.
These girls are now successfully qualified as teachers, professors, doctors, lawyers, government officers, businesswomen, engineers, journalists, trainers, nurses, paramedics and in many other professional courses, she said.
Last year, the trust launched the Bazm-E-Niswan Online Software Application for the students to apply at their convenience, which they followed this year too. Candidates were required to fill out an online application and submit the hard copy of the application at the trust’s office. The fresh students who had secured more than 50 per cent in their previous exam were selected.
“We received 4,505 online applications this year as against 3,200 last year. This 40% increase in the number of applications can be attributed to the fact that many students who had dropped out of their higher education in 2020, came back this year,” Ms Sheriff said.
Overall 70.4% of students belong to BPL families and 29.6% belong to non-BPL families, she added.
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June 20, 2023 at 10:23 PM