The Jharkhand government has inked an MoU with the UK government to create a new scholarship programme for ST/SC, OBC and minorities of the state.
The Chevening Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda (MGJSM) Scholarship will offer up to five scholars from Jharkhand full financial support to pursue a one-year master’s in the UK. The Chevening MGJSM Scholarship will be offered annually from 2023.
The MoU was signed in Ranchi by British High Commissioner to India, Alex Ellis, and tribal welfare secretary of Jharkhand, K.K. Soan, in the presence of chief minister Hemant Soren.
Chevening is the UK government’s flagship international scholarship and fellowship programme. The Chevening programme in India is the largest in the world, benefiting over 3,500 scholars and fellows since 1983.
The agreement is between the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) of the British High Commission, New Delhi, and the department of tribal welfare in Jharkhand.
“Investing in education and climate are our best gifts to our children and grandchildren. With the support of chief minister Hemant Soren and our partners across the state of Jharkhand, we are able to do just that. Education in another country can be a defining experience. I’m pleased that each year five brilliant scholars from the state will have the opportunity to study at the UK’s world-leading universities with full financial support,” said Ellis.
“Jharkhand is the first state in the country providing such a scholarship for poor students to pursue higher education overseas by inking an agreement with the UK government. In the inaugural year (in 2021) under the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Scholarship scheme, only tribal children had gone abroad to pursue higher education. In a very short time, the consent of the central government and the UK has been obtained. Now the scope of the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Scholarship scheme has been expanded to include OBC, SC and minorities meritorious students. The number has also been increased to 25,” said Soren in his address.
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