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.
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 including Polytechnics and other courses (any course of less than one year duration is not covered under this scheme; Certificate courses are also not covered).
ELIGIBILITY
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/guardians from all sources does not exceed Rs.2.00 lakh.
Scholarship will be awarded to the students studying in Classes XI and XII including technical and vocational courses of this level including Polytechnics, ITIs, and other courses
For more details about RATE OF SCHOLARSHIP, IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, CONDITIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIP, ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES , RENEWAL OF SCHOLARSHIP, ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHEME, PATTERN OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, MONITORING & TRANSPARENCY, EVALUATION please refer the Scholarship Publisher Website.
