Srinagar, July 15 (KINS): The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has approached coaching institutes across the city to develop a collaborative framework aimed at providing scholarship-based coaching and academic support to meritorious children of its sanitation workers.
Chairing an interaction with representatives of various coaching institutes, SMC Commissioner Faz Lul Haseeb, IAS, urged the educational community to partner with the Corporation in creating better educational opportunities for children of sanitation workers, who play a vital role in maintaining the city’s cleanliness, sanitation, and public health.
The proposed initiative envisions voluntary participation by coaching institutes, which would reserve a limited number of seats for deserving students and offer educational scholarships along with academic support such as study material, test series, mentoring, and career guidance.
The Commissioner said the initiative is part of SMC’s broader efforts to strengthen the welfare of its sanitation workforce by promoting education as a means of long-term empowerment and social mobility.
“Those who work tirelessly to keep Srinagar clean make an invaluable contribution to the city every day. Supporting the education and aspirations of their children is one of the most meaningful ways in which the larger community can acknowledge that contribution,” he said.
SMC plans to establish a transparent mechanism for identifying eligible students based on merit and objective criteria before facilitating their admission to participating coaching institutes.
The modalities of the programme will be finalised in consultation with the coaching institutes, with the Corporation aiming to build a sustainable partnership between the civic administration and the educational community to promote the educational advancement of sanitation workers’ children.(KINS)
SMC seeks coaching institutes’ support for education of sanitation workers’ children
