The decision comes in response to the State government’s failure to release scholarship funds for the third consecutive academic year. The Best Available Scheme is a state initiative that enables SC and ST students to study in private schools with full scholarship support. “Through the Best Available Scheme, the government gives admissions to SC and ST students in our schools every year. This academic year, BASM claims they admitted students based on verbal assurances from officials and politicians that scholarship funds would be released within a month. Meanwhile, education activists and students’ unions have condemned the delay, calling it a violation of students’ right to education.