Chennai-based NGO to fund college education of 100 underprivileged students

CHENNAI: Team Everest, a Chennai-based NGO, which has been working for providing rural and disadvantaged children access to quality education, has invited applications from parentless and single-parented students for scholarship for their undergraduate college programmes. As many as 100 students will get the scholarship called ‘I Am Change.’
The scholarship, which was introduced in 2016, is aimed at aiding students from Chennai, who are financially poor, good at academics and willing to pursue their graduation.
The scholarship includes a financial support of up to Rs 30,000 towards college fees, transportation fees, exam fees, hostel fees, mess fees and book fees. It also includes 100 hours of training for select scholars every year to enhance their skills and make them employable after graduation.
Also a part of the scholarship is internship opportunity with various corporates and startups and a volunteering programme, which requires the students to clock in 50 hours of community work every year.
“We started this scholarship after we saw that many students were dropping out after Class XII, not being able to afford college fees. This was a reality in most government schools, where 5% to 10% students are parentless or single-parented. For them, school education comes free but having to pay for higher education becomes difficult. The scholarship is designed in a way that these students not only get financial assistance, but also develop the skillset to become employable after their graduation,” says Karthee Vidya, founder, Team Everest.
Eligible students can give a missed call to 8955664410 before May 18 to apply for this scholarship.
For further details, visit www.everestscholarship.com.