ARE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS PROSPECTIVE MEANS OF FINANCING EDUCATION IN INDIA?

Dr. GEETIKA NIDHI; Ms. SHRUTI KIRTI RASTOGI

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

ARE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS PROSPECTIVE MEANS OF FINANCING EDUCATION IN INDIA?

Dr. Geetika Nidhi, Ms. Shruti Kirti Rastogi

Abstract :

India has seen many changes in population and economy which affected the educational situation of the country.The utilization of funds are important in providing a grounds to best use of finance for education. Educational scholarships provided are one of the major source of financeing education.This study aims at finding about the status of educational scholarships in educational institutions. The population of study are the students of B.Ed. colleges, the sample is 185 students of 4 Universities and 5 colleges of Lucknow city. A mixed research design using descriptive survey was used to collect the data using questionnaire for information about the studens getting social welfare scholarship of Uttar Pradesh . It was found that there was not genuine division of scholarships. Many student were given scholarships although they had better economic status. The students wre not focussed for the course. The procedure of allocation of scholarships needs a review.