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Title: New Delhi: UGC notifies transgenders as third gender
Post by: Olivia P on July 24, 2014, 11:02:37 AM
Post by: Olivia P on July 24, 2014, 11:02:37 AM
July 23, 2014
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified transgenders as the third gender to enable them to avail benefits of all scholarship schemes and fellowship programmes in higher educational institutions.
Issuing a notification on Wednesday, the higher education regulator has directed all universities and colleges to treat them as third gender for the purpose of admission and various scholarship schemes and programmes.
More: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/421467/ugc-notifies-transgenders-third-gender.html
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified transgenders as the third gender to enable them to avail benefits of all scholarship schemes and fellowship programmes in higher educational institutions.
Issuing a notification on Wednesday, the higher education regulator has directed all universities and colleges to treat them as third gender for the purpose of admission and various scholarship schemes and programmes.
More: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/421467/ugc-notifies-transgenders-third-gender.html