Chhattisgarh govt to fund education of students orphaned due to Covid-19

The government will be providing a stipend to students who have been orphaned due to the Covid-19 pandemic to fund their studies in government and private schools.

The government of Chhattisgarh has decided to fund the education of those students who lost their parents or guardians to the Covid-19 pandemic in the past year. The government will be providing a fixed stipend to these students to fund their school education. The state government has decided to launch the `Chhattisgarh Mahtari Dular Yojna' for children who have lost their parents due to the Covid-19 pandemic, an official release said. This scheme will motivate students not to leave their studies in the middle, even after they have lost their parents.