agra the uttar pradesh department of school education and literacy will be providing financial grant to all basic and secondary school teachersrsquo children if they are pursuing higher studies in technical courses the department has asked district inspectors of schools dios and basic shiksha adhikaris bsas to send details by 14th july mentioning every eligible teacher and supporting proof including college admission letters of their children officials said the letter from the department said that the children of eligible teachers should be admitted to a fouryear degree course in disciplines such as civil or mechanical engineering electrical and electronics engineering computer science automobile chemical engineering architecture textile rubber technology printing chemical technology petroleum engineering pharmacy instrumentation and control as well as aeronautical engineering the department has also said that if in case admission is for a diploma then the grant would be provided only if the duration of study was not less than 3 years in case of b pharma diploma course and administration course grant will be provided if the duration is not less than 2 years teachers of all primary and secondary government schools have to fill an application form with college admission letters of their children the financial grant will include tuition fees book expenses and laboratory fees only the department will be providing rs 15000 at the most for each eligible student every year according to sources only those students who were admitted during the 201415 will benefit from the scheme and only one child per government teacher will be eligible the education department has said that all final applications with supporting documents should be signed by officials like the dios and bsa and should be scrutinized before being forwarded to the department ldquothe decision to make only students admitted in 201415 session eligible for the scheme and the amount to each student was taken by senior officials of the department in lucknow we have not been informed of the reason for the eligibility criteriardquo stated girijesh chaudhary associate director basic education for agra district talking to toi on sunday ldquoonce all the applications are processed the department will transfer grants to every teacherrsquos individual bank accounts soon afterwardsrdquo an education department official here said