Thirteen brilliant social welfare degree college students and one student from tribal welfare Degree College shined in national level entrance exam being conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.
The students of the welfare degree colleges proved their mettle in the entrance exam, besides excelling in personal interview. The selected students will pursue postgraduation in courses like Women
studies, Natural Resources and Governance, Public Policy and Governance, Education and Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, a statement here said today.
The TSWREI Society degree college students take pride in making a quantum leap from poor villages to outstanding universities across India. The remarkable journey of these students from humble family backgrounds to the top-notch higher learning institutions in the country is made possible with the support of the government of Telangana. “Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao established a whopping 45 welfare degree colleges exclusively for marginalized women, no state in the country ever taken such a major
social and educational transformative step in the country” says Dr RS Praveen Kumar, Secretary, TSWREIS & TTWREIS.
He further said, “both social and tribal welfare residential degree colleges for women have been liberating marginalized women from early marriages and perpetual dependency. An effort has been made to bridge the gulf between the curriculum and actual job requirements and imparting skills needed for jobs and enterprises”. Dr Kumar further remarked that in recent years several students have been joining premier universities like Azim Premji, Krea, Flame and Ashoka, a sign of social and educational transformation in the state of Telangana. Dr Kumar thanked the government of Telangana and ministers for social welfare
Koppula Eshwar and tribal welfare minister Satyavathi Rathod for their support to the cause of career progress of marginalized women.