megeducation.gov.in Pre-Matric Scholarships for SC/ST Student Studying in Class IX & X : Meghalaya Education
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Organisation : Meghalaya Department of Education
Scholarship Name : Pre-Matric Scholarships for SC/ST Student Studying in Class IX & X
Applicable For : SC/ST Student Studying in Class IX & X
Applicable State : Meghalaya
Website : https://megeducation.gov.in/
Apply Online : https://scholarships.gov.in/
Pre-Matric Scholarships :
Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarships for SC/ST Student Studying in Class IX & X
Update : Meghalaya Education NEC Scholarship/ Stipend 2019-20 : www.scholarships.net.in/37738.html
Background:
Article 46 of Part IV (“Directive Principles of State Policy”) of the Constitution enjoins upon the State to promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
Article 38(2) of the same Part also enjoins upon the State to minimize inequities in income and to endeavor to eliminate inequalities in status, facilities and opportunities, not only amongst individuals but also amongst groups of people residing in different areas or engaged in different vocations.
Objectives:
The objective of the scheme are:
** To support parents of SC/ST children for education of their wards studying in classes IX and X so that the incidence of drop-out, especially in the transitionfrom the elementary to the secondary stage is minimized, and
** To improve participation of SC/ST children in classes IX and X of the pre-matric stage, so that they perform better and have a better chance of progressing to the post-matric stage of education.
Scope:
Scholarship under the Scheme will be available for studies in India only and will be awarded by the Government of the State/ Union Territory to which the applicant belongs i.e. where she/he is domiciled.
Conditions of Eligibility:
** Student should belong to Scheduled Caste/Tribe.
** Her/his Parents’/Guardian’s income should not exceed Rs. 2.00 lakh per annum.
** She / he should not be getting any other Centrally-funded Pre-Matric Scholarship.
** She/ he should be a regular, full time student studying in a Government School or in a School recognized by Govt. or a Central/State Board of Secondary Education.
** Scholarship for studying in any class will be available for only one year. If a student has to repeat a class, she / he would not get scholarship for that class for a second (or subsequent) year.
Annual Parents’/Guardian’s Income:
Scholarships are paid to students whose parents’/guardians’ income from all sources does not exceed Rs. 2.00 lakh per annum.
Note 1: So long as either of the parents (or husband in the case of married unemployed girl student) is alive, only income of the parents/husband, as the case may be, from all sources has to be taken into account only and of no other member even though they may be earning. In the form of income declaration, income is to be declared on this basis.
Only in the case where both the parents (or husband in the case of married but unemployed girl student) have died, the income of the guardian who is supporting the student in his/her studies has to be taken.
Such students whose parent’s income is affected due to unfortunate death of one of earning parents and resultantly comes within the income ceiling prescribed under the scheme, shall become eligible for scholarship, subject to their fulfilling other conditions of eligibility, from the month in which such sad incidence takes place.
Applications for scholarships from such students can be considered even after lapse of last date of receipt of applications, on compassionate grounds.
Note 2: House rent allowance received by the parents of a student shall be exempted from the computation of ‘income’ if the same has been permitted to be exempted for the purpose of Income tax.
Note 3: Income certificate is required to be taken once only i.e. at the time of admission to courses which are continuing for more than one year.
Selection of Candidates :
** All the eligible Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes candidates will be given scholarships as prescribed in this scheme .
** Candidates belonging to one State but studying in another State will be awarded scholarships by the State to which they belong and will submit their applications to the competent authorities in that State.
Duration and Renewal of Awards:
** The scholarship will be payable for 10 months in an academic year.
** The award once made will continue subject to good conduct and regularity in attendance. It will be renewed for Class X after the student passes Class IX.
Payment:
** Maintenance charges are payable from 1st April or from the month of admission, whichever is later, to the month in which the examinations are completed at the end of the academic year (including maintenance during holidays) provided that if the scholar secures admission after the 20th day of a month, the amount will be made from the month following the month of admission.
** In case of renewal of scholarships awarded in the previous years maintenance charges will be paid from the month following the month up to which scholarship was paid in the previous year.
** The scholarship money will be paid to the selected students by the Govt. of the State/Union Territory’s Administration to which they belong in accordance with the procedure laid down by them in this regard.