Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Minority Students
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Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Minority Students
The Prime Minister’s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities
was announced in June, 2006. It provides that a post-matric scholarship scheme .
for meritorious students from minority communities would be implemented.
The objective of the scheme is to award scholarships to meritorious students
belonging to economically weaker sections of minority community so as to provide
them better opportunities for higher education, increase their rate of attainment
in higher education and enhance their employability.
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Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Minority Students
The scholarship is to be awarded for studies in India in a
government or
private higher secondary school/college/university, including such residential
institutes of the Government and eligible private institutes selected and
notified in a transparent manner by the State Government/Union Territory
Administration concerned.
It will also cover technical and vocational courses
in Industrial Training Institutes/ Industrial Training Centres affiliated with
the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) of classes XI and XII level.
Scholarship will be awarded to the students who have secured not less than
50% marks or equivalent grade in the previous final examination and the
annual income of whose parents/guardian from all sources does not exceed Rs.2 lakh.
Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have been notified
as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities
Act, 1992. The distribution of scholarship among the States/Union Territories will
be made on the basis of population of the above notified minorities in the States/
Union Territories of Census 2001.
30% of scholarship for Minority Indians will be earmarked for girl students.
In case sufficient number of eligible girl students are not available, then the
balance earmarked scholarships may be awarded to eligible boy students.
Unlike scholarship for SC and ST, there are a fixed number of scholarships for
minorities is small and limited. Students from BPL families, having the lowest
income shall be given preference in the ascending order. The renewal applications
would be fully exhausted before the new applications are considered.
Scholarship will be provided for the entire course. However, maintenance allowance
will be given for a period not exceeding 10 months only in an academic year.
For More information on Scholarships for Minority Indians
Visit
http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/
Government of India
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Ministry of Minority Affairs Offer Scholarships for Indian Minority Students to study in India
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