Exempt poor girls school fees

Girls of poor/underpriveleged get fee waiver in government aided schools only from 5th standard in Maharashtra. They have to pay monthly fees up to Rs 250 from 1st to 5th standard. With literacy abysmally low among girl students of poor, this sounds highly illogical. Apart from fees, there are other expenses like books, notebooks, uniforms and bus charges which lead to heavy burden and consequently to huge drop outs. If Government is serious about improving literacy, first step would be to make education free for girl students from 1st standard. The expenses can be met by creating a fund and making donations to this fund exempt form incometax