Condition of eligibility -
- The student should belong to Scheduled Tribe.
- Her/his Parents’/Guardian’s income should not exceed INR 2.00 lakh per annum.
- She /he should not be getting any other Centrally-funded Pre-Matric Scholarship.
- She/ he should be a regular, full-time student studying in a Government School or in a School recognized by Govt. or a Central/State Board of Secondary Education.
- Scholarship for studying in any class will be available for only one year. If a student has to repeat a class, she/he would not get the scholarship for that class for a second (or subsequent) year.
Award details-
- The value of scholarship includes the following for complete duration of the course -
(i) scholarship and other grants,
(ii) additional allowance for students with disabilities studying in private un-aided recognized Schools.
- The details are as follows-
- Day scholars will get INR 150 per month as scholarship amount for ten months and INR 750 per annum for books and other grants.
- Hostellers will get INR 350 per month as scholarship amount for ten months and INR 1000 per annum for books and other grants.
- ST students with disabilities, studying in classes IX & X in private unaided recognized schools, will be eligible for allowances under this Scheme, as follows -
- INR 160 will be given as monthly reader allowance for blind students.
- INR 160 will be given as monthly transport allowance for students with disabilities (as defined in the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995) if such students do not reside in the hostel which is within the premises of the educational institution.
- INR 160 will be given as monthly escort allowance for severely disabled (i.e. with 80% or higher disability) day scholars/students with low extremity disability.
- INR 160 will be given as monthly helper allowance admissible to any employee of the hostel willing to extend help to a severely orthopedically handicapped student residing in the hostel of an Educational Institution who may need the assistance of a helper.
- INR 160 will be given as monthly coaching allowance to mentally retarded and mentally ill students.