Children of conflict victims deprived of scholarship provided by the state
Butwal, Jan. 28 -- Ajuri Lodh, 45, of Rayapur in Rupandehi lost her husband, Shyam Sundar, to the decade-long armed insurgency that took place between 1996 to 2006. She was left with five children who are now in their teens; her oldest is 18 and the youngest 14.
For Lodh, sending her children to school has always been a priority but the help the state extends to families of conflict victims does not cover education expenses for all her five children.
"The state provides scholarships to a maximum of three children per couple," she said. "My two younger children are not eligible for the scholarship provided by the government."
Under the government's scholarship scheme, a child of a conflict-era victim studying in the primary level receiv...
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