New Coronavirus News from 24 Aug 2022

Higher education of children orphaned in Corona will be free, govts big announcement [News Track English, 24 Aug 2022]

By Laxman Chaurasiya

Mumbai: The Corona epidemic had caused a huge outcry across the country, due to which many people lost their lives. On Monday, Maharashtra Minister Chandrakant Patil announced that the state government will cover the entire fees of higher education for college students who have lost both their parents in the Corona epidemic. The announcement was made by the state Higher and Technical Education Minister in the state assembly in response to a question by Congress leader Shirish Chaudhary.

Chandrakant Patil said, "931 undergraduate and 228 postgraduate students of various government colleges have lost both their parents to the corona pandemic. The government will pay their entire course fees." He said that this option would cost the state exchequer more than Rs 2 crore per year.

Let us tell you that in the second wave of the Corona epidemic, children lost their parents in big numbers. Thereafter, most of the state governments announced free education for school children who were orphaned in the pandemic. Maharashtra has now announced to pay fees for students pursuing undergraduate or postgraduate courses in higher education as well.