Allahabad University to offer free education to those who lost their parents to COVID

To cater to the rest of the needs of such students, fostering (where a child who needs a home is taken into one’s home and taken care of without formal adoption), and ‘Earn while you learn’ schemes will be utilized to prepare them for a better future.

Allahabad University (AU) has announced that it has decided to provide free education to all those students who have lost their parents to the pandemic.  

"The prevailing corona crisis in the country for the past two years has had a deep impact on the lives of the people and caused great emotional, psychological, financial and social distress. Approximately 9,000 children have lost both parents due to Covid-19 in the country. The university has a responsibility as a part of its commitment to social welfare to reach out to such children who have lost both the parents and are facing the challenge of continuing their education," AU, PRO, Jaya Kapoor said.

In view of this fact, AU’s vice chancellor, Prof Sangita Srivastava has informed district administration that AU will offer supernumerary seats for students who have lost both parents due to Covid-19. There will also be a complete waiver of the fees along with any other charges related to academics of these children.

To cater to the rest of the needs of such students, fostering (where a child who needs a home is taken into one’s home and taken care of without formal adoption), and ‘Earn while you learn’ schemes will be utilized to prepare them for a better future, she explained.

‘Earn while you learn’ is a novel scheme being followed by some universities of the country including AU wherein enrolled students help their departments or central facilities like library in performing small duties (arranging books or files) against which they are paid some remuneration.

To claim the admission at AU under supernumerary quota, the PRO informed that only those students would be eligible to avail the facility at AU who have passed the intermediate examination and can produce death certificates of both the parents citing Covid-19 as the reason for their deaths.

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