| BACKWARD
COMMUNITY & MINORITIES |
To provide social and
economical justice to backward and minority communities, the
government has undertaken various welfare programmes 
to these communities. Main thrust is given to educational programmes, as
it was found that education was to main area concern which
determines the backwareness of these communities. The programmes
are implemented through zilla panchayat office. Backward class
and minorities cooperation is also established to provide
financial assistance to start different enterprises along with
basic training. So that employment is also created . As such main
idea is to bring the backward class and minority community to
main stream of public life by providing social and financial
assistance.
There are
68 hostels in the
district of which 15 are post-matric hostels and 53 are
pre-matric hostels. There are 3875 students staying in this
hostels studying from V std to post graduation level. 45 hostels
have government buildings and 10 are under construction. The
details of institutions are as below.
| Institution Details |
| Sl.no |
Type Of Institution |
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
Student Strength |
| 1 |
Pre-Matric |
42 |
11 |
53 |
2720 |
| 2 |
Post-Matric |
9 |
6 |
15 |
1165 |
| 3 |
Ashram Shale |
1 |
|
1 |
25 |
| 4 |
Women Welfare
Centres |
|
2 |
2 |
100 |
| 5 |
Tailoring
Training Centre |
|
1 |
1 |
20 |
| 6 |
Morarji Desai
Vasati Shale |
1 |
|
1 |
98 |
| Total |
55 |
18 |
73 |
4118 |
28 Hostels are provided with
gas connection for cooking and 6 hostels have solar heating and
lighting connections.
Schemes of the
Department :
- Grant in aid to private hostels
- Ashrama Schools for Nomadic &
semi nomadic tribes
- maintainence of pre-matric and
post-matric hostels for boys & girls
- Construction and maintainence of
backward class hostels
- Award of scholorships for talented
students of backward & minority communities
- Enhancement of strength in pre
& post matric hostels
- Improvement of pre & post
matric hostels
For Further Details Contact :
District Officer,
Backward classes and minorities,
100 Feet Road, Near Lakshmi Theatre,
Shimoga 577 201