meghalaya.gov.in 2017-18 Border Areas Scholarship : Directorate of Higher & Technical Education

Organisation : Meghalaya Directorate of Higher and Technical Education, Education Department
Scholarship Name : Border Areas Scholarship 2017-18
Applicable For : SC/ST Students Pursuing Post Matric Studies
Applicable State : Meghalaya
Application Last Date : January 31, 2018
Website : https://meghalaya.gov.in/index.php/
Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/19015-border.pdf

Meghalaya Border Areas Scholarship

Application are invited for award of Border Areas Scholarship categories from students belonging to SC,ST who are pursuing Post Matric Studies within and outside the State during the current year 2017-18.

Related / Similar Scholarship : Meghalaya DHTE Basic Science Scholarship 2017-18

Eligibility

a) The student should be a permanent resident of Meghalaya in Border Area.
b) He/She belongs to SC/ST Community of the State of Meghalaya.
c) He/She is pursuing a regular Course of Studies in any recognized institution.
d) His/Her guardian/ parent are Citizens of India.
e) That He/She is not employed in any Service under the Government of any Non-Government establishment.
f) He/She is not a repeater in the same class for more than once.

Application Procedure

Principals of different institutions and Students studying outside the state may collect the forms from the Office of the undersigned, Room No. 206(A) whereas Students studying within the state are to collect the forms (Fresh and Renewai) from their respective institutions.

All the Principals submitting the application forms should submit the same along with the soft copies. Forms will be issue from 13th November 2017 to 15th January 2018 and the last date for submission of application forms will be on or before the 31st January 2018. No application form will be entertained after the above specified date.

Know About Scheme for granting subsidy to students from Border Areas under Border Areas Development Programme :
Consequent upon the partition of India in 1947, the people inhibiting the Indo-Bangladesh Border suffered acute economic distress due to closure of normal trade channels with our neighbouring country.

The people of those areas have been experiencing great difficulty to give proper education of their children on account of economic hardship, many students from Border Areas have given up their studies after the lower primary stage on account of their parents economic difficulties. Obviously, the majority of the students hailing from those areas are handicapped and cannot catch up with those living in non border areas.

With a view to removing this handicap, a scheme for giving financial assistance to the border area students procuring their studies in Higher Schools and Colleges up to Degree level are given this Border stipend under rules and regulation given below:-
** The subsidy/scholarships will be awarded year-wise on the basis of promotion examinations. Both Father and Mother Income from all sources must be derived from Border Area. Govt. Service is not eligible for subsidy/scholarships. Ph.D./M.Phil are not entitled for subsidy/scholarship.
** Scholarship/subsidy will be awarded to students whose villages included in the notified border areas villages given by Border Area Department.
** The scholar is warned that her/his participant in any Govt. Political Activities/Demonstration will entail lost of scholarship.
** The scholarship is tenable on the usual conditions of good conduct, regular in attendance and satisfactory progress, the scholarship will be suspended if any scholar leave his/her studies before completion of the course of study.
** The scholarship holder under this scheme can enjoy with any other scholarship as this scheme is a grant/subsidy only
** BEd, MEd students who are pursuing the course are eligible and will not apply to those who are already in service as they will not be entitled for scholarship.