Govt. of India’s Pre/Post-Matric Scholarship for SC and OBC students

To support parents of SC children for education of their wards studying in classes X and IX so that the incidence of drop-out is minimized, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India launched a scholarship programme which includes SC/OBC students. This scholarship is available for the students studying in India only.

Eligibility Criteria to Obtain the Scholarship:

• Student should belong to Scheduled Caste/Other Backward Classes.

• His/ her Parent/Guardian's income should not exceed Rs. 2 lakh per annum.

• She / he should not be getting any other Centrally-funded PreMatric Scholarship.

• She/ he should be a regular, full time student studying in a Government School or in a School recognized by Govt. or a Central/State Board of Secondary Education.

• Scholarship for studying in any class will be available for only one year. If a student has to repeat a class, she / he would not get scholarship for that class for a second (or subsequent) year.

Scholarship includes Monthly Maintenance Allowance, Study Tour charges (one time), Thesis Typing / Printing charges (one time), Book grant for correspondence course (one time) and allowance for students with disabilities.

Application Procedure:

An application for scholarship should comprise:

• One copy of the application for scholarship in the prescribed form (separate application forms as have been prescribed for ‘fresh’ and renewal scholarship by concerned States/UTs).

• One copy of the passport size photograph with signatures of the student thereon (for fresh scholarship).

• A certificate (in original) of Caste duly signed by an authorized Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar.

• An income declaration by the self-employed parents/guardians, stating definite income from all sources by way of an affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper. Employed parents/guardians are required to obtain income certificate from their employer and for any additional income from other sources, they would furnish declaration by way of an affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper.

• A receipt in acknowledgement of the scholarship in the previous year on the form attached to the application only duly counter-signed by the Head of the Institution/School concerned, if the applicant was in receipt of a scholarship under this scheme in the preceding year.

Applications complete in all respects, shall be submitted to the Head of the Institution/School, being attended or last attended by the candidates.

To know about the various scholarship provide by the Govt. please

click on http://www.socialjustice.nic.in/scholarships.php

Colleges affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology

Source: Meeta Kumari. click4college Specialist