NSP Pre-Matric, Post Matric & Top Class Scholarship Schemes for Disabilities 2023 : scholarships.gov.in

Organisation : Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
Portal Name : National Scholarship Portal NSP
Scholarship Name : Pre-Matric, Post Matric & Top Class Scholarship Schemes for Disabilities 2023
Applicable For : A citizen of India & A person with disability having not less than 40% disability.
Applicable State/UT : All India
Application Last Date : 31-12-2023
Website : https://scholarships.gov.in/

What is Pre-Matric, Post Matric & Top Class Scholarship for Disabilities?

Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Government of India is implementing “Scheme of Scholarships for Students with Disabilities” with following six components:
i. Pre-matric Scholarship (For Classes IX and X)
ii. Post-matric Scholarship (For Class XI to Post-Graduate Degree/Diploma)
iii. Top Class Education (For Graduate and Post-Graduate Degree/Diploma in notified institutes of excellence in education)
iv. National Overseas Scholarship (For Master’s Degree/Ph.D. in Institutions/Colleges/Universities abroad)
v. National Fellowship (For M. Phil and Ph.D. in Indian Universities)
vi. Free Coaching (For recruitment examinations for Group A, B and C posts and entrance examinations for admission to various technical and professional courses).

Eligibility of Pre-Matric, Post Matric & Top Class Scholarship

a. A citizen of India.
b. A person with disability having not less than 40% disability and having a disability certificate issued by the competent medical authority.
c. Not more than two disabled children of the same parents will be entitled to receive benefits of the scheme. In case if the second child is a twin, the scholarship under these schemes will be admissible to both twins.
d. Scholarship for studying in any class will be available for only one year. If a student has to repeat a class, he/she would not get scholarship for a second (or subsequent) year.
e. A scholarship holder under these schemes will not hold any other scholarship/stipend. If awarded any other scholarship/stipend, the student can exercise his/her option for either of the two scholarships/stipends, which is more beneficial to him/her and should inform the awarding authority through the Head of the Institution about the option exercised.

Educational Qualification :
i. Pre-Matric Scheme for SwDs:- For class-IX & X in a Government school or in a school recognized by Government or by a Central/State Board of Secondary Education.

ii. Post-Matric Scheme for SwDs:- For all recognized Schools/Institutions from class XI onwards to Post-graduate Degree/Diploma courses in Full time and Distance Education courses. Students who after passing one stage of education are studying in the same stage of education in different subject e.g. B.Com. after B.A. in other subject will not be eligible. However, students pursuing L.L.B/B.Ed/B.El.Ed. after passing B.A./B.Sc./B.E. etc. are eligible for Post-matric Scholarship under this Scheme.

iii. Scholarships for Top Class Education for SwDs:- Students eligible for Post- graduation Degree/Diploma in 240 notified Institutes as given in the Scheme guidelines.

Income Limit :
For Pre-Matric Scheme- The parental/guardian income from all sources should not exceed Rs.2.50 lakh per annum.
For Post-Matric Scheme- The The parental/guardian income from all sources should not exceed Rs.2.50 lakh per annum.
For Top-Class scheme- – The parental/guardian income from all sources should not exceed Rs.8.00 lakh per annum.

How to Apply for Pre-Matric, Post Matric & Top Class Scholarship?

The Pre-Matric, Post Matric and Top Class Scholarship Schemes for Disabilities are online schemes which are on-boarded on National Scholarship Portal. One can apply for scholarship under these schemes (both Fresh and Renewal), please visit the website through URL www.scholarships.gov.in.

There are two types of registration: Fresh Application and Renewal application:
Fresh:
** Students Applying for the first time must register as a fresh in the portal through the option “Student Registration”, on the home page of NSP then have to fill up all the mandatory fields correctly as per the instructions given on the portal.

** After saving the application, student will get “Application ID and Password” which will be required each time to open the application till final submission and further to check the application status after final submission. The application ID will be conveyed to the student through SMS also, which will be required to apply for Renewal scholarship (if eligible) next year.

Renewal:
** Students who had been selected for scholarship last year through NSP and the same course is continuing in current year will be considered as renewal.

** For renewal of application, student need to login on the portal with previous year Application Id and Password then have to update only minimal details i.e. fee details, previous year marks etc. in the existing application. In case, student has forgotten the password to apply for Renewal, he/she may use “Forgot Password” option to reset the password.

Required Documents of Pre-Matric, Post Matric & Top Class Scholarship

Students with less Rs.50,000/- scholarship amount, no documents are required to be uploaded on the Portal. Students have to submit the required documents to their respective school/institutions.

The list of documents to be submitted to the college/institution/school:-
i. Aadhaar ID or if not available Aadhaar enrollment receipt.
ii. Disability certificate issued by the competent authority designated by the District Medical officer/civil surgeon of a govt. Hospital.
iii. Parental income certificate issued by the designated authority as per scheme (duly signed by revenue authority, form 16 is not acceptable
iv. Copy of previous year mark sheet.
v. Tuition fee receipt.

Students with more than Rs.50,000/- scholarship amount need to upload the following documents in the portal before final submission:
i. Student photograph
ii. Scanned copy of parental income certificate (duly signed by revenue authority/tehsildar.(form 16 is not acceptable)
iii. Scanned copy of Aadhaar card/Aadhaar enrollment no.
iv. Scanned copy of disability certificate issued by the competent authority designated by the District Medical officer/civil surgeon of a govt. Hospital.
v. Scanned copy of previous year mark sheet
vi. Tuition fee receipt of current course year.
vii. Scanned copy of bank passbook/cancelled cheque leaf
viii. Receipt of purchase of computer and aids & assistive device to be uploaded(only in case of top-class scholarship scheme for SwDs)

(Please note that the document should be in PDF or JEPG format only. The size of the each document should not exceed 200kb. The documents uploaded must be in readable mode otherwise application is liable to be rejected.)

Scholarship Process

The process of verification is essentially meant to check whether the particulars given in the scholarship form are correct as per the documents enclosed. The verification is done in two steps namely School/college/Institute verification and State verification.

School/Institute Verification :
The Institute Nodal Officer has been mandated to verify the documents submitted/uploaded by the students against the entries made in the application form online. If all the entries are found correct, the Institute Nodal Officer would accept and forward the application to State level for verification by the appointed Officer or by the State Nodal Officer.

State Verification :
The Verification officer appointed by State Nodal Officer or himself verifies the application as per the documents uploaded by each student and as per the verification done by the Institutes. If found eligible, the SNO would accept the application for scholarship and after completion of Bank validation on PFMS, the SNO would digitally sign the same and send it to the concerned Ministry for further processing.

What is the Last Date of Scholarship?

Pre-matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities – 30-11-2023
Post-matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities – 31-12-2023
Scholarships for Top Class Education for students with disabilities – 31-12-2023