minoritywelfare.bih.nic.in Pre-Matric Scholarship 2015-16 Bihar : Minority Welfare Department

Organization : Minority Welfare Department
Scholarship Name : Pre-Matric Scholarship 2015-16
State: Bihar

Website : http://minoritywelfare.bih.nic.in/Scholarships.htm
Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/1364-Note15.pdf
Apply Online (IX&X): https://www.scholarships.gov.in/main.do
Application Form (I to VIII) : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/1364-Form.pdf
Timeline : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/1364-Timeline.pdf

Pre-Matric Scholarship :

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.

Related / Similar Scholarship :
Minority Welfare Bihar Post Matric Scholarship 2015

e Kalyan Bihar

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.

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.

Timeline 2015-16:
For class Ito VIII (offline):
1. Communication of target to States/UTs by the Ministry – By March, 2015
2. Publication of advertisement by States/UTs inviting the application from the students – By April, 2015
3. Receipt of applications from students by States/UTs scrutiny by institutions/ States/ UT Administration – 1st May 2015 to 31st July 2015
4. Submission of scholarship requirement by the States/UTs to the Ministry – 1st July to 31st August 2015
5. Release of scholarship amounts to students through DBT Mode – From September 2015
6. If State/UT fails to submit the proposals by such date; the funds due to that State/UT may be redistributed among other needy and deserving State/UT at the discretion of M/o Minority Affairs.

For class IX & X (online):
1. Communication of target to States/UTs by the Ministry – By March, 2015
2. Publication of advertisement by States/UTs inviting the application from the students – By April, 2015
3. Receipt of applications from students by States/UTs scrutiny by institutions/ States/ UT Administration – 1st May 2015 to 31st July 2015
4. Submission of scholarship requirement by the States/UTs to the Ministry – 1st July to 31st August 2015
5. Release of scholarship amounts to students through DBT Mode – 1st September to 18th October, 2015
6. If State/UT fails to submit the proposals by such date; the funds due to that State/UT may be redistributed among other needy and deserving State/UT at the discretion of M/o Minority Affairs.

Conditions For Scholarship:

(i) Scholarship will be available to the students of minority community studying in Classes I to X. The continuance of award will be subject to securing 50% marks in the previous examination. Maintenance allowance will be provided to hostellers and day scholars.

(ii) The award will be discontinued if a student fails to secure 50% marks in the annual examination except in case of unavoidable reasons to be certified by the Principal/competent authority of the school and recommended by the State Government/Union Territory Administration.

(iii) The State Government/Union Territory Administration can also directly cancel the award if duly satisfied of the reasons of violation of these regulations governing the scheme.

(iv) Students should be regular in attendance for which the yardstick will be decided by the competent authority of the school.

(v) Income certificate should be on self-certification basis by way of affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper of self-employed parents/guardian and from employer for employed parents/guardian.

(vi) The school/institute will certify the claim of student of being an outstation student not residing in hostel of the school/institute concerned on the basis of permanent address and parents’ address.

(vii) Migration of student from one school/institute to another would not normally be during the course of academic year except under exceptional circumstances and in the interest of student’s academic career.

(viii) If a student violates school discipline or any other terms and conditions of the scholarship, scholarship may be suspended or cancelled.

(ix) If a student is found to have obtained a scholarship by false statement, his/her scholarship will be cancelled forthwith and the amount of the scholarship paid will be recovered, at the discretion of the concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration.

(x) The State Government/Union Territory Administration will lay down the detailed procedure for processing and sanctioning of scholarship to eligible students.

Contact:
Jigyasa: 0612-2233333
MWD: 1800-3456123 (Toll-Free)