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NATIONAL
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TALENTED CHILDREN FROM RURAL AREAS FOR SECONDARY
STAGE STUDY
Level
of Study
Secondary
Stage (including +2 stage)
Number of Scholarships- 43000 per year
Eligibility
This
scheme has been in operation since 1971-72. The objective
of the scheme is to provide opportunities to school students
from rural areas to pursue secondary stage education. The
number of scholarships allocated is communicated to the State
Govts./UT Administration every year.
A
student studying in a school in a community development block
in class VI to VIII is eligible to compete for the scholarship.
Category-wise distribution of 43,000 scholarships is as under:-
| 1 |
General Category |
4 Scholarships per Community
Development Block (4x 5000) |
20,000 |
| 2 |
Children of Landless Labourers |
2 scholarships per Community
Development Block (2x 5000) |
10,000 |
| 3. |
Scheduled Castes Children
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2 Scholarships per Community
Development Block (2x 5000) and 1 additional scholarship
per CDB having 20% or more SC population(1x 1500) |
11,500 |
| 4 |
Scheduled Tribes Children |
3 Scholarships per Tribal
Community Development Block (3x 500) |
1,500 |
Selection
Eligible
students are required to appear in a two stage examination:
First Stage: Examination is conducted by the State Govts/UT
Administration. The number of selected students is generally
ten times the number of scholarship to be offered.
Second-stage-The
final examination is conducted at the National level by NCERT.
The local unit set up in the State Institutes of Education
in consultation with the national level unit in the NCERT,
prepare the test papers and organise the examination throughout
the States/UTs. The test consists of two papers of 1 1/2 hours
each for testing the innate abilities of students. It is common
to the entire State/UT. The final selection is made with the
Community Development Block as the Unit and top students in
each block are awarded scholarships.
Rate
of Scholarships
Rs.
30 to 100 per month. The scholarship is paid to the scholar
through institution. Scholarship commences from the month
in which the admission is obtained in a School and is paid
up to the month in which last examination of the secondary
stage education is held. In the case of renewal in the succeeding
year, scholarship is paid from the month following that for
which the scholarship was paid during the previous academic
year. The scholarship is renewed subject to good academic
progress.
Suspension
of Scholarship
If
the scholar does not make satisfactory progress, the scholarship
is suspended.
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