Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Sept 6: Following protests by students against the Government for failing to allot fee through Prime Ministers Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) in Kashmir, Coaching Centres Association (CCA) has warned of colossal tragedy arising out of shady dealings of the scheme.
CCA has demanded a CBI probe in this multi crore scandal as it involves not only local NGO’s, but touts and some officials from both J&K and New Delhi.
In a statement, CCA has PMSSS has jeopardized careers of thousands of students in Kashmir from which neither the Centre not the State Government can wash off their hands from the mess created by it.
“It is a deep rooted conspiracy under which Government has tacitly allowed the Rs 1200 crore scheme to be hijacked by a well organized ‘Scholarship Mafia,’ comprising of many NGOs, consultants and intermediates. There was a criminal silence from Government quarters when this mafia started to dupe local students in the name of PMSSS,” the statement said.
The statement claimed more than 9,000 forms have been submitted by these touts against the vacancy of just 5,000 scholarships. And all of them have been assured of the scholarship, and thus fleeced between Rs 25000 to Rs 1.5 lakh. CCA warned the Government to brace up for influx of thousands of frustrated students who will be kicked out of their colleges, as these touts have placed them in shady colleges and against the norms of PMSSS.
“Had they been warned of any mafia beforehand, they would have simply withdrawn their forms. But it seems some Government officials deliberately delayed the notification to allow that mafia to have a field day,” it said.
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