Govt to fund higher education of Muslim Women

Hyderabad Jan 29: In a move to ensure women and child are empowered in the state Telangana government may soon launch a scheme to educate girls from minority community by encouraging them to study abroad.

Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy today said that "No government has made efforts for the welfare of minority education but the Telangana government is helping them by providing 1,400 residential schools and many other things."

The minister has visited the Anjuman Girls School in Hyderabad along with the CEO of Victoria Institute of Technology (VIT), Arjun Reddy and Ishidar Reddy to select a student from the school and offer higher education.

The minister added that "Today we are here to select a student who is interested in higher studies in abroad and the state government will pay for them. Not only for minorities even the Schedule Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and economically backward students are being offered Rs 20 lakhs for the higher studies".