Book Title: Rise and Glory History of Halari Visa Oshwals
Author(s): Rati Dodhia
Publisher: Rati Dodhia

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________________ 174 Part IV. Rise and Glory Because of increasing needs in education, in 1959 A.D. a five-year plan was drawn up, which included: 1. A new boarding house for boys in Jamnagar. 2. A new hostel for girls in Jamnagar. A secondary school for boys in Nairobi. A secondary school for girls in Nairobi. And A new boarding house for boys in Nairobi. 3. 4. 5. It was estimated that to complete all these five schemes would cost at least five million shillings. A separate fund was established to meet the financial obligations. The project of a secondary school for girls was taken over by the Nairobi Oshwal community. The three projects of girls' hostel and boys' secondary school in Nairobi and a new boys' boarding house in Jamnagar were simultaneously handled and completed by the Board at the cost of two million shillings. The India Education Fund The Oshwal community of East Africa carried the entire financial burden of the Board's education program in India. In 1961 A.D., the Oshwal community in India decided to take the financial responsibility into their own hands. To meet the obligation a special fund was established. The Oshwal Centenary University Scholarship Scheme The Board organized a function on September 23, 1999 in Nairobi to officially mark the awards of university scholarships to 101 indigenous students who had been admitted to five state universities in Kenya. Education Fund Scheme During the Board's fifty-eighth annual meeting held in May 1999, it was unanimously agreed that the levy of 250 Kenya shillings per year per family should be abolished

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