The
Finance Minister in his budget speech for 2011-12 had announced introduction of
a new pre-matric Scholarship Scheme for needy students belonging to the
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, studying in class IX & X. Pursuance of this announcement, the Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs has approved
the introduction of a new Centrally-sponsored Scheme of "Pre-Matric
Scholarship for SC students studying in classes IX & X", which will be
implemented with effect from July 1, this year.
The
salient features of the Scheme are as follows:
The
objective of the Scheme is to provide financial assistance to needy students
belonging to Scheduled Castes studying in Classes IX & X in recognized
educational institutions in India.
SCOPE
(i)
Scholarships under the Scheme
will be available for studies in India only and will be awarded through the
Government of the State/Union Territory to which the applicant belongs i.e.
where he/she is domiciled.
(ii)
Candidates belonging to one
State but studying in another State will be awarded scholarships by the State
to which they belong and will submit their applications to the competent
authority in that State.
CONDITIONS
OF ELIGIBILITY
(i) The
student should belong to Scheduled Caste.
(ii) His/
her Parent/Guardian`s income should not exceed Rs. 2 lakh per annum.
(iii)
She / he should not be getting any
other Centrally-funded Pre-Matric Scholarship.
(iv)
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.
(v)
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.
VALUE
OF SCHOLARSHIP
The
value of scholarship includes the following for the duration of the course:-
(i) scholarship and other grants,
(ii) additional allowance
for students with
disabilities studying in
private un-aided recognized
Schools.
Rates
of scholarship and other grants will be as follows:
|
Item
|
Day Scholars
|
Hostellers
|
|
Scholarship
(Rs. p.m.) (for 10 months)
|
150
|
350
|
|
Books
and Ad hoc Grant (Rs. p. a.)
|
750
|
1000
|
Additional
Allowances for SC students with disabilities studying in private unaided Schools
Under
the Centrally-sponsored Scheme of `Inclusive Education of the Disabled at
Secondary Stage (IEDSS) implemented by the M/o HRD, D/o SE&L
-assistance @Rs.3000/- p.a. is already being given under its "Student
Oriented Component" to students with disabilities studying at the
Secondary stage in Govt. Local body and Govt
aided schools. However, students in un-aided schools are not covered under
IEDSS. Therefore, SC students with disabilities, studying in classes IX & X
only in private un-aided recognized schools will be eligible for
allowances under this Scheme, as follows:
|
Allowances for
students with disabilities studying in Private un-aided
Schools
|
Amount (In Rs.)
|
|
(i) Monthly Reader Allowance for Blind
students
|
160
|
|
(ii) Monthly Transport Allowance for students
with disabilities (as defined
in the Persons
with Disabilities Act 1995), if such
students do not reside in the hostel which is within the
premises of the Educational Institution.
|
160
|
|
(iii) Monthly
Escort Allowance for
Severely Disabled (i.e. with 80% or higher disability) Day
Scholars/Students with low extremity disability
|
160
|
|
(iv)
Monthly Helper Allowance admissible to any employee of the hostel willing to
extend help to a severely
orthopedically
handicapped student residing
in the hostel of an Educational Institution who may need the assistance of a
helper.
|
160
|
|
(v) Monthly
Coaching Allowance to
Mentally Retarded and Mentally ill Students
|
240
|
DURATION
AND RENEWAL OF AWARDS:
(i) The scholarship will be payable for 10
months in an academic year.
(ii) The award once made
will continue subject to
good conduct and
regularity in attendance. It will
be renewed for Class X after the student passes Class IX.
Source : PIB Release, June 14, 2012
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