Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education For SC Students 2023

Background:

The Finance Minister in his Budget speech on the Union Budget 2005-06 made the following announcements – “The key to empowering the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes is to provide top-class education opportunities to meritorious students. The three ongoing scholarship schemes for SC/ST students under the Central Plan – pre-Matric, post-Matric and merit-based – will continue. To provide an added incentive, I propose a new window: a short list of institutions of excellence will be notified, and any SC/ST student who secures admission to one of those institutions will be awarded a larger scholarship that will meet the requirements for tuition fees, living expenses, books and a computer.”

Eligibility for the scholarship:

• Applicants must be SC students with a total annual family income from all sources up to Rs. 8.00 lakh and have secured admission in a full-time prescribed course in any of the notified institutions according to the general selection criteria prescribed by the concerned institution.
• Thirty percent (30%) of slots allotted to the Institution shall be reserved for eligible SC girl students as per their inter-se merit. In the absence of a sufficient number of girl students, the slots may be transferred to eligible boy students as per their inter-se merit.
• The benefit of the Scheme will not be provided to more than 2 siblings in a family. The student will submit an affidavit to the Institution to certify that he/she is not the third sibling of the family who is availing of benefits under the Scheme.
• The scholarship will be terminated if the student fails to get promoted to the next semester/ class.

Benefits:

• Tuition fee and other non-refundable charges.
• Living expenses.
• Books & stationery.
• Computer/laptop with accessories.