Travel for educational purposes would be made free on Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses for children from extremely poor families. The decision was taken at a meeting of the project for elimination of extreme poverty, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, here on Wednesday.
For students from such indigent families who have cleared Class X, arrangements would be made for continuous education in nearby schools. They would be given higher education scholarships, stipend and free food.
The Chief Minister directed that steps be expedited for providing land and houses for the extremely poor who have neither land nor house of their own. A special medical board would be set up for issuing Unique Disability Identity cards for the differently abled.
