NSP Central Sector Scholarship of Top Class Education For SC Students 2025-26
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Organisation : Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
Portal : National Scholarship Portal (NSP)
Scholarship Name : Central Sector Scholarship of Top Class Education For SC Students 2025-26
Applicable For : SC students for pursuing studies beyond 12th class
Application Last Date : 31st October 2025
Website: https://scholarships.gov.in/home
What is NSP Central Sector SC Top Class Education Scholarship?
The Scheme aims at recognizing and promoting quality education amongst students belonging to SCs, by providing financial support. The Scheme will cover SC students for pursuing studies beyond 12th class. The Scheme will operate in all the institutions notified by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The scholarship, once awarded, will continue till the completion of the course, subject to satisfactory performance of the student. Last date of scholarship application is 31st October 2025.
Related / Similar Scholarship : NSP Pre Matric Financial Assistance 2025-26 For Wards of Beedi/Cine/IOMC/LSDM
Eligibility of NSP Central Sector SC Top Class Education Scholarship
a. Those SC students having total annual family income from all sources up to Rs. 8.00 lakh and having secured admission in a full-time prescribed course in any of the notified institutions according to the general selection criteria prescribed by the concerned institution, will be eligible for scholarship under the Scheme to the extent of the number of scholarships (slots) allocated to the institution for the course.
b. In case the number of eligible students admitted exceeds the number of slots allotted to the institution, the scholarship will be restricted to the top students in the inter-se merit list based on the admission criteria for the course
c. Fresh scholarship will be awarded only to 1st year students. Students of 2nd/3rd/4th year will not be eligible for selection for fresh scholarship.
d. Thirty percent (30%) of slots allotted to the Institution shall be reserved for eligible SC girl students as per their inter-se merit. In the absence of sufficient number of girl students, the slots may be transferred to eligible boy students as per their inter-se merit.
e. However, the 30% slots as mentioned above will not include those girl students who are selected on the basis of their performance in the overall merit list of SC students of the Institution.
f. The benefit of the Scheme will not be provided to more than 2 siblings in a family. The students will submit an affidavit in the Institution to certify that he/she is not the third sibling of the family who is availing benefit under the Scheme.
g. The scholarship will be terminated if the student fails to get promoted to the next semester/class. However, once such student gets promoted to the next class, the scholarship shall be released suo moto.
h. In case a student changes his/her institute/college after getting selected under the scheme, his/her scholarship will be discontinued and he/she will not be eligible for further scholarship under this scheme.
How To Apply For NSP Central Sector SC Top Class Education Scholarship?
** The students will submit their application on National Scholarship Portal (NSP). The institutions will verify the applications on NSP for submission to the Ministry.
** In the case of new entrants i.e. to the first year of the course, the institution will select eligible SC students on the basis of merit as per the entrance examination merit list keeping in consideration reservation of 30% of the slots to girl students.
** The students are required to apply under the Scheme on the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) and upload their income certificate and caste certificate on the Portal along with details of their bank account, Admission Rank and Fee details to claim the scholarship.
** The institution shall verify all the details before forwarding the applications to the Ministry.
Important Dates of NSP Central Sector SC Top Class Education Scholarship
Important Dates of NSP Central Sector Scholarship of Top Class Education For SC Students 2025-26 are
Scheme Open from : 02-06-2025
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