<p>Union Women and Child Development minister Maneka Gandhi today asked HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar to consider providing free education to the children of martyrs of Uri attack.<br /><br /></p>.<p>She told PTI that she would also be writing to state governments on the issue.<br />"Have written to HRD Minister Sh @PrakashJavadekar ji to consider the plea to provide free education to children of #Uri Martyrs," she tweeted.<br /><br />The move comes after she received a petition signed by over 50,000 citizens on Change.org on behalf of the children of Uri Martyrs.<br /><br />"I received a petition signed by over 50,000 citizens on Change.org on behalf of the children of #Uri Martyrs (sic)," she said in a series of tweets.<br /><br />"Our soldiers have made supreme sacrifices. Taking care of the cost of educating their children will be a small part of our gratitude," she tweeted.<br /><br />The petition titled "Free education for children of India's martyrs" was initiated on Change.org by a management student last month. It has been endorsed by as many as 70,000 people online.<br /><br />According to the petition: "Their (martyrs') sacrifice is priceless. These kids have no one to support their dreams, they've lost their fathers so that India could be safe."<br /><br />"Providing a one time compensation is not enough, rather it is insulting their sacrifice. These children deserve constant support in order to give wings to their dreams."<br /><br />19 soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri on September 18.</p>
<p>Union Women and Child Development minister Maneka Gandhi today asked HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar to consider providing free education to the children of martyrs of Uri attack.<br /><br /></p>.<p>She told PTI that she would also be writing to state governments on the issue.<br />"Have written to HRD Minister Sh @PrakashJavadekar ji to consider the plea to provide free education to children of #Uri Martyrs," she tweeted.<br /><br />The move comes after she received a petition signed by over 50,000 citizens on Change.org on behalf of the children of Uri Martyrs.<br /><br />"I received a petition signed by over 50,000 citizens on Change.org on behalf of the children of #Uri Martyrs (sic)," she said in a series of tweets.<br /><br />"Our soldiers have made supreme sacrifices. Taking care of the cost of educating their children will be a small part of our gratitude," she tweeted.<br /><br />The petition titled "Free education for children of India's martyrs" was initiated on Change.org by a management student last month. It has been endorsed by as many as 70,000 people online.<br /><br />According to the petition: "Their (martyrs') sacrifice is priceless. These kids have no one to support their dreams, they've lost their fathers so that India could be safe."<br /><br />"Providing a one time compensation is not enough, rather it is insulting their sacrifice. These children deserve constant support in order to give wings to their dreams."<br /><br />19 soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri on September 18.</p>