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Dalit kids not attracted by scholarship Added At: 2010-09-06 4:30 PM Last Updated At: 2010-09-06 4:30 PM The Himalayan Times - Parents are spending the money that comes from scholarship on their household works. KHOTANG: Dalit children of Litchkiramche VDC in Khotang stay at home even after getting scholarship at a local school. More than 30 children at Ward No. 6 of 13 households are receiving scholarship without going to school, said Chandi Prasad Sapkota Principal of Litchiki-based Laxmi Secondary School. Parents are spending the money that comes from scholarship on their household works, he said, adding that they were present in the school at the time of scholarship distribution along their parents. Lack of awareness about education among children as well as their parents and due to poverty, children are spending their crucial time in cutting grass, grazing cattle, fetching fodder and assisting their parents in other ways.
