The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has reached out to coaching institutions across the city to explore a collaborative framework for extending scholarship-based coaching and academic support to meritorious children of its sanitation workers.
Chairing an interaction with representatives of coaching institutions, the Commissioner, SMC, Faz Lul Haseeb, called upon the city’s educational community to partner with the Corporation in creating meaningful educational opportunities for children of sanitation workers, who remain at the frontline of maintaining Srinagar’s cleanliness, sanitation and public health.
The proposed programme envisages voluntary participation by coaching institutions, which may earmark a limited number of seats for deserving students and extend educational scholarships and other academic support, including study material, test series, mentoring and career guidance.
The Commissioner said the initiative was part of the Corporation’s broader efforts to strengthen the welfare of its sanitation workforce, with an emphasis on education as a means of long-term empowerment and inter-generational social mobility.
“Those who work tirelessly to keep Srinagar clean make an invaluable contribution to the city every day. Supporting the education and aspirations of their children is one of the most meaningful ways in which the larger community can acknowledge that contribution,” the Commissioner said.
The SMC proposes to put in place a transparent mechanism for identifying eligible students based on merit and objective criteria and facilitate their placement with participating coaching institutions. The modalities of the programme will be finalised in consultation with the coaching institutions, with the Corporation seeking to build a sustainable partnership between the civic administration and the educational community for the educational advancement of sanitation workers’ children.