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Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board announced that enactment of 250 meritorious underprivileged Muslim students for escaped Intermediate acquisition done the endowment trial inaugural ‘Taalim-e-Hunar’, which volition outgo astir ₹6 crore.
On the occasion, State Waqf Board Chairman Abdul Aziz was felicitated by the members of Muslim Minority Employees Welfare Association present connected Tuesday. “Over 250 underprivileged students person been selected for higher acquisition based connected merit and enrolled successful firm colleges. It was conducted connected a standard unprecedented successful the country's history,” said relation president Hamid.
He lauded the Waqf Board Chairman for enrolling the underprivileged Muslim students successful the colleges that were antecedently accessible lone to the wealthy. He noted that adjacent neighbouring States were drafting inspiration from the inaugural and were coming guardant to survey the programme. The full Islam assemblage stands successful enactment of specified a noble initiative.
Speaking to The Hindu, Mr Aziz said, “As galore arsenic 7,400 students applied for the trial crossed the State, and among them 6,605 attended it. Ultimately, we chose 250 candidates for the escaped residential acquisition programme."
“To promote pistillate candidates, we person reserved 41% of the seats for them. Muslim students, peculiarly girls, mightiness not ever person a conducive survey situation astatine home. So, residential acquisition is indispensable to hole them to look competitory challenges,” helium added.
Mr. Aziz stated that these acquisition initiatives were being taken guardant arsenic portion of the 'P4 programme’, successful enactment with the Chief Minister's imaginativeness and with the purpose that poorness does not go a obstruction to education.
Haj Yatra 2026
The Waqf Board Chairman revealed that astir 335 pilgrims from the State person received a subsidy of ₹1 lakh for Haj Yatra this year. “The Chief Minister has fufilled his committedness made earlier elections and extended enactment to devotees undertaking the ineffable journey. The subsidy magnitude was credited to the pilgrims’ relationship soon aft their return,” helium said.
