Help a student complete high school

Shivani Shinde belongs to a village in Sirsi taluk of Uttar Karnataka. Her father is a farmer and the annual family income is less than INR 36000. Though she scored an impressive 90% in her standard 10 board exams, she could not continue with her studies owing to her financial struggles. Vidya Poshak helped Shivani cover her educational costs, through a scholarship. The organization also arranged for special tuition classes to help her prepare for the CET examination. She was also imparted skill training. With help from the donors at Vidya Poshak, Shivani successfully completed her studies until grade 12 and stood first in her school. She now aspires to pursue a professional course.

Nurture Merit- Financial assistance is a well-designed, structured and focused program to support bright students coming from economically challenged families. Vidya Poshak empowers underprivileged bright students through financial assistance by supporting their college fees, exam fee etc. Courses supported are Engineering, Medical, Nursing, BSc Agri, BCA & BBA. The identification of students is done by physical visits to the student's home by Vidya Poshak volunteers or staff, to assess the need to ensure only deserving applicants received the assistance. The identification of deserving student is based on academic merit and poverty. After verifying their eligibility, and verifying the fees etc. the scholarship cheque is handed over. The same students are helped till they finish their graduation, provided they pass the final exam every year with minimum 60 percent marks. The program has a well-structured monitoring and reporting procedure in place. The progress of each student is closely monitored throughout the support period. The contact details of students along with their profiles are provided to donors.

VidyaPoshak has been supporting financially challenged but bright students in Karnataka for the past 16 years. Over 15,376 students have been awarded scholarships, 1,25,000+ youths empowered with skill training through the various program like GFS, RBC, ELAAP, C-Doss, ELIP and 1,87,000 students have accessed their 6 Library branches and 28 Book Banks. A registered society, Vidyaposhak was started in 2001 with a belief that investment in higher education provides significant dividends far beyond individual achievement to contribute to the overall betterment of the society. Youth is an aspiration of any country. The entire community and the nation as a whole benefit from a greater, effective and quality higher-education. It is here that Vidyaposhak brings in interventions to handhold the student community to sail through safe and strong to achieve their academic goals on one hand and to lead a quality professional and personal life, which ultimately causes for the effective quality development of the nation as a whole. The heart of Vidyaposhak's philosophy lies in the slogan: empowering the student community.