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FREE COACHING AND ALLIED SCHEME FOR THE CANDIDATES/STUDENTS BELONGING TO
MINORITY COMMUNITIES
(with effect from 2013-14)
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Background: 1.1 The scheme aims to empower the minority communities, which are relatively
disadvantaged section of their skills and capabilities to make them employable in industries, services society, by assisting them as well as those institutions working for them, towards in-resilience to adapt itself to the market dynamics on a continuous basis so that the target groups are not deprived of the professional acumen demanded by the enhancing and business sectors in addition to the government sector. It has the built changing emerging market needs and opportunities for employment at domestic as well as international levels. Separate schemes for providing coaching to students belonging to scheduled caste, minority communities and backward classes were being implemented from 6th Five Year Plan. These separate schemes were amalgamated with effect from September, 2001 into a combined Scheme of Coaching and Allied Assistance for Weaker Sections including Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities. However, after the creation of Ministry of Minority Affairs, a new scheme called "Free Coaching and Allied Assistance for candidates belonging to the minority communities is being implemented by this Ministry. The scheme has been made more comprehensive keeping in view the emerging trends of
employment in the era of economic reforms, liberalization and globalization. OBJECTIVES : The objectives of the scheme are to assist students belonging to the minority communities by way of special coaching for the following: a) Qualifying examinations for admission in technical/ professional courses such
as engineering, law, medical, management, information technology etc. and language/aptitude examinations for seeking admission to foreign universities. Competitive examinations for recruitment to Group „A“, „B“ and „C“ services and other equivalent posts under the Central and State governments including public sector undertakings, banks, insurance companies as well as autonomous bodies; and Coaching/training for jobs in the private sector such as in airlines, shipping, fisheries, information technology (IT), business process outsourcing (BPO) and other IT enabled services, hospitality, tours and travels, maritime, food
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