stscodisha.gov.in Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC Student 2014-15 Odisha : Development & Welfare Department

Organization : Development & Welfare Department Odisha
Facility : Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC Student

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Scheme Of Pre-Matric Scholarships to the Other Backward Classes For Studies In India
Objective :
Even after 51 years of independence and in spite of various measures taken to improve the level of education in the country, literacy levels among backward classes, particularly among women, continues to be extremely low.

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The number of steps have already been taken by the Government and considerable progress has been achieved in improving the level of literacy and education during the last 51 years, but there is still a long way to go before respectable levels of literacy are achieved. It has been recognized now that education and economic support for backward classes has not been adequate and there is disparity between them and the non-backward sections of the population at every level. In view of the same, it is felt that earnest efforts are required to introduce various new schemes specifically for these target group i.e. backward classes to provide them a level playing field in comparison to non-backward sections of the population.

Scope :
OBCs living below double the poverty line form a bigger chunk of a population and there are disparities amongst OBCs themselves to start with, it is proposed to award scholarship to school going children of poorer OBC parents whose annual income is below double the poverty line.

Eligibility :
Scholarship award will be sanctioned in the case of students whose parents/ guardians income from all sources does not exceed Rs.44,500/- per annum.

Duration And Course Of Studies :
The scholarships may be given to the students enrolled in Class-I or any subsequent class of pre-matric stage in the case of Day Scholars, and Class-III or any subsequent class of Pre-matric stage in the case of hostelers. The scholarship will terminate at the end of Class-X. The duration of scholarship in an academic year will be 10 months.

Institution Of Study :
The scholarship will be tenable only in such institutions and for such prematriculation courses, which have been duly recognized by the concerned State Government and Union Territory Administration.

Coverage Value Of Scholarship And Ad-Hoc Grant :
Hostelers :
The students as hostelers will be covered from class III to X. The rates of
scholarships will be as under :
Class- III to VIII : Rs.200/- per month for 10 months
Class-IX to X : Rs.250/- per month for 10 months

Day Scholars
The students as day scholars will be covered from Class-I to Class-X. The rates
of scholarships will be as under :
Class-I to V : Rs.25/- per month for 10 months
Class-VI to VIII : Rs.40/- per month for 10 months
Class IX to X : Rs.50/- per month for 10 months

Administrative Authority
The scheme will be implemented and administered in accordance with the procedure laid down by the State Govts./ UT Administration in this regard.

Selection :
The concerned State Governments and Union Territory Administrations will lay
down the detailed procedure for selection of students.

Other Conditions For Award :
i) The students may not be allowed to take up employment or render help to parents in their work during the course of studies.
ii) The award will be discontinued if a student fails to secure annual promotion except in case of unavoidable reasons to be certified by the competent authority of the scheme.
iii) If a student violates school discipline or any other terms and condition of the scholarship, scholarship may be suspended or even cancelled, subject to the satisfaction of the competent school authority. The State Government/ Union Territory Administrations can also directly cancel the award if duly satisfied of the reasons of violation of these regulations governing the scheme.

Renewal Of Scholarship :
The scholarship, once awarded, may be renewed during next academic year also by the concerned State Government/ Union Territory Administration unless the competent authority of the school recommends to the State Government/ Union D :\Data from Computer Cell\OBC SEC\Jena Babu\SCHEME OF PRE-MATRIC OBC-2013-14.doc Territory Administration, to discontinue the award with reference to relevant clause of these regulations governing the scheme.

Announcement Of Scheme :
The scheme will be announced by the concerned State Government / Union Territory Administration well in time, by giving advertisements in the leading language newspapers local dailies and by using other suitable publicity media.

Mode Of Applying
The concerned Department of the State Government/ Union Territory Administration will supply the application forms, which should be received back by the Department along with prescribed certificate, by the last date.

Evaluation :
The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment may get the scheme evaluated by entrusting a research study to reputed institutions/ agencies, on the performance of the Scheme in different parts of the country, under this Ministry’s centrally sponsored Scheme of Research and Training.