NSP Top Class Education Scholarship For Students With Disabilities 2025-26 : scholarships.gov.in
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Organisation : Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
Portal : National Scholarship Portal (NSP)
Scholarship Name : Scholarship For Top Class Education For Students With Disabilities 2025-26
Applicable For : Student with Disabilities studying Post-graduation Degree/Diploma
Application Last Date : 31st October 2025
Website: https://scholarships.gov.in/home
What is Top Class Education Scholarship For Students With Disabilities?
Scholarship For Top Class Education For Students With Disabilities 2025-26 is provided by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. This is admissible only for pursuing Graduate and Post graduate Degree/Diploma courses in Institutes of Excellence in Education as notified by the Department. The applicants should submit their application through the on-line system . Last date of scholarship is 31st October 2025.
Related / Similar Scholarship : NSP Post Matric Scholarship For Students With Disabilities 2025-26
Eligibility of Top Class Education Scholarship For Students With Disabilities
This Scholarship is admissible only for pursuing Graduate and Post graduate Degree/Diploma courses in Institutes of Excellence in Education as notified by the Department.
Note:
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.
Rate of Top Class Education Scholarship For Students With Disabilities
a) Reimbursement of admission fee and tuition fee paid/ payable to the Institution/university Up to Rs. 1.90 lakh – per annum (subject to actual amount).
b) Miscellaneous Allowances:
i) Library fee, Sports fee, Medical examination and such other fee compulsorily payable by the scholar to the Institution/ university/ board. Up to Rs 10,000/- per annum (subject to actual amount)
ii) Reimbursement of expenses for purchase of a computer/ laptop with accessories. Rs. 45,000/- as a one time grant in the first year of the course. (For getting the benefit, student has to submit requisite documents viz., bill/receipt as proof of purchase of the Laptop/Computer)
iii) Reimbursement of expenses for purchase of *Aids and Assistive devices relating to the particular disability of the selected candidates. Rs. 30,000/- as a one time grant in the first year of the course. (The reimbursement is made based on the requisite documents viz., bills/vouchers submitted by the students to ensure genuineness of the claim.)
c) Maintenance Allowance Rs.3,000/- per month for hostellers, Rs. 1,500/- per month for day-scholars
d) Special Allowances (related to types of disabilities like reader allowance, escort allowance, helper allowance etc.) Rs 2000/- per month.
e) Book allowance Rs. 5,000/- per annum.
How To Apply For Top Class Education Scholarship?
The Top Class Education Scholarship For Students With Disabilities is online scheme 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.
Important Dates of Top Class Education Scholarship
** Scheme Open from : 25-06-2025
** Student Application Open till : 31-10-2025
** Defective Application Verification Open till:15-11-2025
** Institute Verification Open till:15-11-2025
** DNO/SNO/MNO Verification Open till:30-11-2025