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In a bid to provide better, equal and accessible education to the underprivileged and deprived sections of society, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has set a new record in providing scholarships to the children belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the minority communities.
To ensure socio-economic and educational empowerment of minorities, especially girls, through '3Es (Education, Employment and Empowerment), the Yogi government, in four years of its rule, has set another record in providing scholarships timely, directly to the students' accounts and has also eliminated any obstructions faced by students in their goal of attaining education.
Making this claim here on Saturday, the official spokesman in the UP government said that scholarships worth Rs 5,309 crore and Rs 71.49 crore were issued to students above 10th standard belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, respectively.
He said apart from this, the Yogi government also provided financial assistance amounting to Rs 109 crore to as many as 4.5 lakh students belonging to the minority communities, thereby securing their future.
The spokesman said the scholarship aimed to encourage meritorious students of economically weaker sections of the minority communities and other backward sections to pursue higher education and enhance their employability by providing financial assistance.
He said that in yet another achievement, the Yogi government, in four years, set a record in providing scholarships worth Rs 391.75 crores and Rs 3.7 crores to students below 10th standard belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, respectively, without discrimination and with utmost transparency.
He said scholarships worth Rs 576.48 crore and Rs 4217.15 crores were also given to students below and above 10th standard belonging to Other Backward Classes.
Besides, he said, the state government also took care of students belonging to minorities and general categories.
The spokesman said that scholarships amounting to Rs 109.6 crore were also given to 4,31,730 students below 10th standard belonging to the minority communities, whereas, scholarships amounting to Rs 899.92 crore were provided to over 12,57,210 students above 10th standard belonging to the minority communities.
Scholarships amounting to Rs 59.58 crore were also given to over 2,32,552 students below 10th standard belonging to the general category and scholarships amounting to Rs 2052.65 crore to students above 10th standard belonging to this category.
The spokesman further said that Atal residential schools, where children of the workers would study for free and get other facilities, were set to be built at each of the 18 divisional headquarters across the state.  
Besides, as many as 103 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Government Ashram Vidyalaya schools are functional in the state.
Over 42 government inter colleges have also been constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) which seeks to provide better socio economic infrastructure facilities to the minority communities, particularly in the field of education, health and skill development which will further lead to lessening of the gap between the national average and the minority communities with regard to backwardness parameters.