The Prime Minister’s New 15 Point Programme for the
Welfare of Minorities was announced in June, 2006. It provides that a
pre-matric scholarship scheme for meritorious students from minority communities
would be implemented.
OBJECTIVE:
The scholarship at pre-matric level will encourage parents from minority
communities to send their school going children to school, lighten their
financial burden on school education and sustain their efforts to support their
children to complete school education. The scheme will form the foundation for
their educational attainment and provide a level playing field in the
competitive employment arena. Empowerment through education, which is one of
the objectives of this scheme, has the potential to lead to upliftment of the socio
economic conditions of the minority communities.
SCOPE:
The scholarship will be awarded for studies in India in a government or private
school from class I to class X, including such residential Government
institutes and eligible private institutes selected and notified in a
transparent manner by the State Government and Union Territory Administration
concerned.
ELIGIBILITY:
Scholarship will be awarded to the students who have secured not less than 50%
marks in the previous final examination and annual income of their
parents/guardian from all sources does not exceed Rs. 1 lakh.
DISTRIBUTION:
Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jains and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have
been notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National
Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. The distribution of scholarship among the
States/Union Territories will be made on the basis of population of minorities
in the States/Union Territories of Census 2001.(*This would be changed when
figures of 2011 Census is available).
EARMARKING
FOR GIRL STUDENTS: 30% of scholarship will be earmarked
for girl students. In case sufficient number of eligible girl students are not
available, then the balance earmarked scholarships may be awarded to eligible
boy students.
SELECTION:
As the number of scholarships for minorities available in a year is fixed and
limited it is necessary to lay down preference for selection. Inter-se
selection weightage is to be given to poverty rather than marks. In case of the
renewal applications, such applications would be fully exhausted before the new
applications are considered.
DURATION:
The scholarships will be provided for the entire course. Maintenance allowance
will be given for 10 months only in an academic year. 9
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