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NATIONAL
SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
(FOR POST MATRIC STUDIES IN INDIA)
Level
of Post-Matric Study
Number
of Scholarships-38,000 per year
The
Scheme for award of National Scholarships on merit was introduced
in 1961-62 for Post-Matric Studies so that no brilliant
student is prevented on ground of poverty from pursuing
an academic career. The scholarships are allotted among
the various States and Union Territory on the basis of population.
The Registrars of Universities/Secretaries of Education
Boards furnish data in regard to the number of students
appeared and passed in various examinations in prescribed
proforma by the end of September each year.
Courses
and amount of scholarships
The
courses for scholarships as also the rates of scholarships
for different courses are as under:-
| S.No. |
Name
of Course |
Day
Scholars
Rs. p.m. |
Hostellers
Rs. p.m. |
| i) |
Pre-University
course & IA/I/Sc/Ist Year of 3 years B.A. /B.Sc/B.Com.
etc. course |
60
|
100 |
| ii) |
B.A./B.Sc./B.Com/B.Archeology etc.(2nd and 3rd year) courses. |
90 |
140 |
| iii) |
B.E./B.Tech/MBBs/L.L.B/B.Ed/Diploma professional and Engineering
studies. |
120 |
300 |
| iv) |
Degree
in Homeopathic course |
120 |
300 |
| v) |
B.D.S.Course
|
120 |
300 |
| vi) |
M.A./M.Sc/LL.M/M..Ed/MBA |
120
|
300
|
| vii) |
Post-Graduate
Diploma in Tourism |
120 |
300 |
| viii) |
Diploma
in Hotel Management course/Diploma in Homeopathy |
120 |
120 |
| ix) |
Master
of Labour Welfare |
120 |
300 |
| x)
|
Master
of Social Welfare |
120
|
300 |
| xi) |
Post-Graduate
Diploma in Banking |
120
|
300 |
| xii) |
Master
of Computer Application course |
120 |
300
|
| xiii) |
Post-Graduate
Diploma in journalism |
120
|
300 |
| xiv) |
Post-
Graduate Diploma in Computer Application |
120
|
300
|
| xv) |
Post-Graduate
Diploma in Computer Management. |
120 |
300 |
| xvi) |
Post-
Graduate Programme in Management |
120
|
300 |
| xvii) |
Master
in personal Management and Industrial relations |
120 |
120 |
| xviii) |
Post-Graduate
course in Automobile Engineering |
120 |
300 |
Eligibility
Indian
nationals who have secured 60% aggregate marks in the qualifying
examination and passed in the same year of award of scholarship
are eligible for award. Persons in full time employment
or in receipt of any other scholarship/stipend or studying
on part-time basis/privately are not eligible.
Scholarships
for Post-Graduate studies are sanctioned without consideration
of the income of the parents of the candidates. In case
of under-graduate/diploma courses the scholarship is offered
to those candidates whose parents income is not more than
25,000 per annum. Tenability: A Scholarship under the scheme
is tenable from the year it is made. The Scholarship is
tenable for the next course of study and not for any equivalent
course. In the case of engineering/medicine studies, the
scholarship is tenable for the first degree. Award is not
given/renewed for Ph.D./Research studies.
Selection
Procedure
Eligible
scholars are selected strictly in order of merit by the examining
bodies after the result of the examinations are announced
by the Board/University i.e. the qualifying examination, starting
from the top of the merit list of each examination for which
the quota of scholarship has been allocated. The Board/Universities
send copies of the list of provisionally selected candidates
to the State Governments/Union Territories within 10 weeks
from the date of declaration of the result. The Selected scholar
present the Entitlement Card, the completed ` Statement of
Particulars' and Income Affidavit Forms duly filled in to
the Head of the Institution joined by him. The Director of
Collegiate Education/Higher Education/Public Instruction/Education
of the State/Union Territory Administration, as the case may
be, who are administering the awards in question and who make
the final selection on receipt of the Joining Report along
with the completed Statement of Particulars and income Affidavit
etc., arrange to pay the scholarship money after scrutinising
the documents. The scholarship is renewable from year to year
within the same stage of education depending on promotion
to the next class with 50% aggregate marks.
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