maef.nic.in 2015 National Scholarship For Meritorious Girls Students : Maulana Azad Education Foundation

Organization : Maulana Azad Education Foundation & Ministry of Minority Affairs
Scholarship Name : Scholarship For Meritorious Girls Students 2015
Applicable For : Only Girl Students Belonging To Minority Communities
Applicable States : All India
Application Last Date : September 30th, 2015

Website : http://www.maef.nic.in/Instructions.aspx
Notification & Form : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/1294-Form.pdf
Apply Online : https://www.maef.nic.in/

Scholarship For Meritorious Girls Students :

Maulana Azad Education Foundation was established on the occasion of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s birth centenary. The Foundation was registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860, on 6th July, 1989.

Related / Similar Post : MAEF Scholarship Guidelines/Instructions

The Foundation is a voluntary non-political, non-profit marking social service organization establish to promote education amongst the educationally backward sections of the society. It is funded by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. The Hon’ble Minster of Minority Affairs is its Ex-offcio President. The aim of the Foundation is to formulate and implement educational schemes and plans for the benefit of the educationally backward minorities in particular and weaker sections in general.

Objective of Scheme:
To recognize, promote and assist meritorious Girl students belonging to National Minorities who can not continue their education without fnancial support

Scholarship will be admissible for expenditure on payment of School/College Fee, purchase of syllabus books, purchase of stationery/equipments required for the course & payment of Boarding/ Lodging charges.

Important:
Application can be downloaded from the web site www.maef.nic.in Photocopy of the application form can be used freely. No fee/any other amount is to be paid for application

Application form can be sent by the student directly to the Foundation by post or can be submitted by hand from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.on all working days in the offce of the Foundation

No charges/fee is to be paid to any one for any services. Sanction letter/cheque for scholarship will sent by Regd. Post directly to the address of successful candidate on completion of prescribed papers/formalities

For any query/information, only Secretary, MAEF should be contacted directly.

Eligibility Criterion / Who Can Apply:

Only Girl Students belonging to National Minorities, (i.e. Muslims, Christians, Jain, Buddhists, Sikhs, Parsis) can apply

Should have secured not less than 55% marks (in aggregate) in the secondary school certifcate examination (Class xth) conducted by any recognized Centre/State Board of Secondary Education. The List of 33 recognized Boards/Councils is given in Annexure-III. This is only qualifying percentage for applying and does not guarantee grant of scholarshipwhich is given to the top eligible applicant based on the quota fxed for the concerned state from amongst the eligible application received from the state

Family income of the student from all sources should be less than Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only) in the preceding fnancial year

In case of salaried class, the student must indicate the designation, pay-scale, basic pay and other allowances alongwith total gross & take home emoluments of the parent/ guardian. A mere statement saying “Service” will not be acceptable. The student must attach a Salary Certifcate or Pension Certifcate (in case of retired persons), duly authenticated by controlling authority, of her parent/guardian alongwith the application

In case of agriculture/horticulture etc., the students has to mention total land holding with details of irrigated and non-irrigated and other landed property owned by her family alongwith total income of the family. These details will also be mentioned in the affdavit of the parent/guardian (Annexure-II) as well as in the certifcate from Revenue authority

In case of business class, the student must categorically state the name & type of the business alongwith the total turn over and the total income of family. The same details will also be stated in the Affdavit (Annexure-II) from her parent/guardian.

Last Date:
The last date for receipt of application in the office of the Maulana Azad Education Foundation is September 30th, 2015