Country's first university for transgender community to come up in UP's Kushinagar dist
The country's first university for transgender community will be opened in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district to facilitate its members to study right from class one to PG and even do research and get PhD degree.
The university, which will come up in Fazilnagar block of Kushinagar district, is being built by the Akhil Bhartiya Kinnar Siksha Seva Trust (All-India transgender education service trust).
"It is the first of its kind in the country where members of transgender community will be able to get education and the process of has already been initiated. From January 15 next year, two children who are brought up by the community members will get admission and from February and March other classes will start," president of the trust Dr Krishna Mohan Mishra said.
"In the university, the transgender community will be able to study right from class one to PG and even do research and get PhD degree," he said.
MLA Ganga Singh Kushwaha said members of the community will get education and .