IGNOU Scholarship 2023 : Apply Online, Eligibility and New List (For SC Students)
Objective & Coverage Of IGNOU Scholarship :
- The Scheme aims at recognizing and promoting quality education amongst students belonging to SCs, by providing full 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 for FY 2021-22 to 2025-26.
- The scholarship, once awarded, will continue till the completion of the course, subject to satisfactory performance of the student.
Eligibilities :
- 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.
- Income declaration of self-employed parents/guardian should be in the form of a certificate issued by revenue officer not below the rank of Tehsildar.
- Employed parents/guardians are required to obtain income certificate from their employer. Employed parents/guardians should obtain consolidated certificate from revenue officer for any other additional source of income.
- However, the students who have studied class X from any of the Central/State/Municipal Govt. or Govt. aided schools (except KVS schools), shall be automatically qualified under the scheme. For this purpose, student may upload certificate in this regard.
- 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
- However, if there is more than one student with equal marks for the last available slot in an institution, preference should be given to the student with the lower family income.
- The remaining students from SC category admitted in the institution shall be eligible for the Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS) administered by this Ministry through State Governments/UT Administrations, provided such students are otherwise eligible under the said scheme.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The scholarship will be terminated if the student fails to get promoted to the next semester/class. However, once such student get promoted to the next class, the scholarship shall be released suo moto.
Top Class Institutions & No. Of Scholarship Slots :
- All the IIMs / IITs/ IIITs / AIIMSs/ NITs/NIFTs/ NIDs/ Indian Institutes of Hotel Management, National Law Universities and other Central Government Institutions will be eligible to be included in the Scheme
- If an institution is not in any of the above categories, it has to be included in the current list of i). National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) A++ and A+ Accredited Institutions or ii) Top 100 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Institutions or iii) Institutions of National Importance as per lists issued by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) from time to time
- For Commercial Pilot Training Course and Type Rating Courses all institutes approved by Director General of Civil Aviation shall be eligible for empanelment under the Scheme. (The institutes shall undertake a proper screening test for finding out the eligible students for undertaking the physical training under the course and results thereof shall be shared with this Department.)
- These available slots shall be distributed among types of institutions as per Annexure-1 of the Scheme based on decision of selection committee for fresh and renewal candidates
Further Info. In Notice Afterwards
Funding Pattern & Mode Of Payment :
1. The SC students, who secure admission in the notified institutions, will be awarded
scholarship to meet the requirements for :
- full tuition fee and non-refundable charges (there will be a ceiling of Rs. 2.00 lakh per annum per student for private sector institutions and Rs. 3.72 lakhs per annum per student for the private sector flying clubs for Commercial Pilot Training and Type Rating Courses
- Academic allowance of Rs. 86,000 in the first year of study and Rs. 41,000 in every subsequent year, to take care of living expenses, books and stationery, computer/laptop of reputed brand with accessories like UPS and printer, etc.
2. The Scheme will be funded by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on 100%
basis.
3. The scholarship will become payable immediately after a student has secured admission and
has started attending the classes.
4. The payment of tuition fee, other non-refundable charges and academic allowance will be
made directly to the students by the Central Government through Direct Benefit Transfer
mode. The students shall deposit the fee to the institute immediately and in any case, within a
month of receipt of such payment.
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION :
Click On The Link https://scholarships.gov.in/public/schemeGuidelines/Top_Class_Education_Scheme_2018.pdf
OFFICIAL Website :
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