The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy recently released the first tranche of Rs 672 crores under the Jagananna Vidya Deevena Scheme for the year 2021-22.
This reimbursed the fees for 10.88 lakh students.
So far, a total of Rs 4, 879 crores have been disbursed under the Jagananna Vidya Deevena Scheme.
The main objective of the Jagananna Vidya Deevena Scheme is to provide scholarships to all the students who are not able to pay their fees because of their financial burden.
The scheme mainly focuses on students seeking higher education.
It aims to provide fee reimbursement to more than 14 lakh students of the state.
The scheme will directly credit the amount into the accounts of students’ mothers.
Earlier, the money was transferred to the owners of the colleges.