All the higher education institutions (HEIs) are advised to create supernumerary seats to accommodate such children to pursue their higher education, whenever they become eligible, the UGC notice stated.
UGC directs HEIs to create supernumerary seats for those who lost both their parents to COVID-19
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked the higher education institutions (HEIs) to create supernumerary seats for children who have lost both their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic and come under the PM CARES for children scheme.
"All the higher education institutions (HEIs) are advised to create supernumerary seats to accommodate such children to pursue their higher education, whenever they become eligible,” said an official notice from UGC.
It must be noted that the government of India has launched the PM CARES for Children scheme for such children. In order to help them, the Ministry of Women and Child Development with active support from the district magistrates of all the states, union territories (UTs) are identifying such children, so that all the possible support can be extended to them.
These children will be issued a PM Cares for Children scheme 2021 certificate, said the notification. Meanwhile, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has announced that all recognized institutions will offer two supernumerary seats to “gifted and talented” students and to students who lost their parents to the COVID-19 pandemic. These seats will be offered to students with exceptional talent as per AICTE norms.
On March 16 the government said, out of the 8,973 applications received for support under the 'PM-CARES for Children scheme, as many as 4,302 children who were orphaned during the pandemic have been approved as eligible for benefits. Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani gave state/UT, gender and age-group wise details of such children.
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