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The Maharashtra authorities is considering the inclusion of a abstracted "Single Parent Child" class successful assemblage admittance forms arsenic portion of a broader inaugural to enactment children of azygous mothers pursuing higher and method education, and program suitable measures.
Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil connected Saturday (June 13, 2026) said a high-level committee volition beryllium acceptable up to efficaciously instrumentality the inaugural and supply concessions, priority, and acquisition enactment to children of azygous mothers.
A peculiar online gathering of principals of astir 1,500 colleges successful Maharashtra volition beryllium held connected June 17 to recognize the crushed concern and sermon the process for close registration of specified students during admissions, Mr. Patil stated. Citing the deficiency of a abstracted mechanics for signaling children of azygous mothers successful higher education, Mr. Patil said instructions person been issued to found a due and close strategy astatine the assemblage level.
According to the Minister, this associated inaugural of the authorities and the Directorate of Higher Education volition assistance children of azygous mothers participate the mainstream of higher acquisition and entree applicable authorities schemes. To determine the people of action, the State convenor of Sau Ekal Mahila Samiti, Heramb Kulkarni, visited the bureau of the Directorate of Higher Education successful Pune and held a elaborate discussion.
After the announcement of a abstracted argumentation for azygous mothers during the Budget Session, a committee has already been constituted nether the chairpersonship of the Commissioner of the Women and Child Development Department. Director of Higher Education, Shailendra Deolankar, and Heramb Kulkarni are members of this committee.
A abstracted high-level committee volition present beryllium constituted nether the Higher and Technical Education Department. The committee volition survey matters related to the inclusion of a abstracted file successful assemblage admittance forms, precedence successful hostel admissions, counselling enactment and different indispensable concessions for specified students, and taxable its study to the government, according to Patil.
