Organisation : Punjab Department of School Education
Scholarship Name : Special Grant To SC Girls
Applicable For : Scheduled Caste Girl Students
Applicable State : Punjab
Website : http://ssapunjab.org/scholarships/prematric.html
Scholarship Guidelines : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/15456-Girls.pdf
Special Grant To SC Girls :
Scheme For Sanctioning Special Grant To Scheduled Caste Girl Students Studying In Post- Matric & Post Graduate Classes
Related / Similar Scholarship : SSA Punjab Denotified Tribes Scholarship
Objective :
The object of the scheme is to provide financial assistance for the upliftment of the Scheduled Caste girl students studying in post-matric and post-graduate classes. Now this is a Non Plan scheme and is presently being implemented through the Education Department, Director Research and Medical Education and Director, Tech. Education.
Year of Start :
This scheme was started in the year 1980-81. The Scheduled Caste girl students who are domicile of Punjab State are eligible to get special grant under this scheme. The income of their parents/guardians from all sources should not exceed Rs.60965/- P.A.
Under this scheme, financial assistance @ Rs.50/- and Rs.60/-P.M. per girl student is given to students studying in post-matric and post-graduate classes respectively. This grant is in addition to the Post-Matric Scholarship.
Under this scheme, special grant is payable from 1st April or from the month of admission whichever is later, to the month in which the examinations are completed at the end of the academic year, provided that if the students secure admission after the 20th day of month, the payment will be made from the, following month of the admission.
Implementation :
This scheme is being implemented through the DPI (Colleges), DPI (Schools), Director, Technical Education & Industrial Training, Punjab and Director, Research and Medical Education, Punjab.
The eligible students as per the norms of scheme need to apply to the Head of Institution in which he/she is studying. Recommendations received from such colleges/schools are scrutinized by the implementing departments and are forwarded to Welfare Department for sanctioning the amount.
The scheme has been covered under Online Management System since 2012-13. Therefore, the grant is disbursed directly in the accounts of students by the Welfare Department.
Know About Encouragement Award To SC Girl Students :
Drop out rate among SC girl students is very high being 30.13% at Primary level, 46.96% at Middle level and 63.62% of Secondary level. Literacy rate of general category in the State is 69.70% against 56.22% of Scheduled Castes.
Female literacy rate among SCs is very low being 48.25% against 63.40% of the general female literacy rate. In order to check the high drop-out rate and to increase the literacy amongst SC girl students at Senior Secondary level on the pattern of Madhya Pradesh Govt. for providing encouragement awards to the SC girl students who take admission in 11th and 12th classes so as to encourage them to continue their studies.