West Bengal revives a scholarship for EWS students. This papering over cracks ignores the systemic rot in education.
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Another means-tested scholarship scheme emerges, trotted out as a solution for educational inequity. These initiatives are performative, offering paltry sums while systemic underfunding persists. True merit is stifled by a system rigged against the disadvantaged, creating a permanent underclass. When will we admit that poverty, not potential, is the real barrier to learning?
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Targeted scholarships provide vital lifelines for deserving students from economically weaker sections. They empower individuals, fostering social mobility and national progress.
