minorityaffairs.gov.in Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for Students Belonging to Minority Communities : Ministry of Minority Affairs

Organization : Ministry of Minority Affairs
Facility : Apply for Post-Matric Scholarship
Home Page : http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/scholarship-schemes

Minority Affairs Post-matric Scholarship

The Prime Minister’s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities was announced in June, 2006.

Related : NSP Post Matric Scheme For Minorities 2019-20 : www.scholarships.net.in/25432.html

It provides that a post-matric scholarship scheme for meritorious students from minority communities would be implemented.

Objective of the Scheme

Its 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

Scope

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.

Eligibility

Scholarship will be awarded to the students who have secured not less than 50% marks or equivalent grade in the previous final examination.

Distribution

Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain 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 20

Selection Procedure

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.

Evaluation

The monitoring of the financial and physical performance of the scheme will be evaluated by assigning evaluation/impact studies to reputed institutions/agencies by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India