Free Distribution of Bicycles under Saraswati Vidya Yojana, implemented by the Directorate of Education, U.T. Administration Of DNH & DD, aims to provide bicycles free of cost to all the girl students, studying in class VIII (8) in the Govt. & Govt. aided schools/ Institutes.
Saraswati Vidya Yojana: Free Distribution of Bicycles - Introduction
Free Distribution of Bicycles under the Saraswati Vidya Yojana has been implemented by the Directorate of Education, U.T. Administration Of DNH & DD. Under this scheme, bicycles are provided free of cost to all the girl students, studying in class VIII (8) each year in the Govt. & Govt. aided schools/ Institutes of the U.T. Administration.
Objective of the "Saraswati Vidya Yojana”: The UT Administration of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu has launched “Saraswati Vidya Yojana” on 25th February, 2021, for the girl students of UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. The scheme aims to encourage girl students to continue education keeping in view the aim of: “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”.
Objective of the "Free Distribution of Bicycles" Sub-scheme: The objective of the scheme is to retain the girl students at Secondary & Higher Secondary stage and thereby decreasing the Dropout of the girl students by providing Bicycles to the girl students of class VIII to commute to school.
Benefits
- Bicycles will be provided to all the girl students.
Eligibility
- The applicant should be a girl.
- The applicant should be a student.
- The applicant should be studying in class VIII(8) in Government and Government Aided School of the UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.
Exclusions
- The girl students, once availed the benefit, will not be provided with the same in any of the subsequent year.
Application Process
- The Head Master/In-charge Head Master will provide the number of enrolment of Girls in Std. VIII in Government and Government Aided Schools to the District Education Office.
- The girl student does not require to make any application individually.
- Bicycles will be provided to schools at the time of commencement of the new academic year as per the requirement of the respective schools.
Contact for Grievance Redressal:
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
District Education Office (Silvassa), PWD Campus, Silvassa, Pin: 396230, Ph: 0260-2642098, Email: [email protected]
Daman
District Education (Daman) Fort Area, Daman, Pin: 396220, Ph: 0260 2231126, Email: [email protected]
Diu
District Education Office (Diu), Collectorate, Diu, Pin: 362520, Ph: 02875-252199, Email: [email protected]