minoritywelfare.up.nic.in Free Coaching & Allied Scholarship Scheme : Uttar Pradesh Minorities Welfare

Organisation : Uttar Pradesh Minorities Welfare
Scholarship Name : Free Coaching & Allied Scholarship Scheme
Applicable For : Candidates Belonging To Minority Communities
Applicable State : Uttar Pradesh
Website : http://minoritywelfare.up.gov.in/en

Minority Welfare Scholarship Coaching Schemes

The scheme aims to empower the minority communities by assisting the economically weaker sections of students among them through coaching institutions for enhancing their skills and capabilities to make them employable in industries, services and business sectors in addition to the government sector.

Related : Uttar Pradesh Minorities Welfare 2017-18 Prematric/ Post Matric & Merit-cum-Means Based Scholarship : www.scholarships.net.in/16600.html

Eligibility Criteria

i) Candidates must have secured the requisite percentage of marks in the qualifying examination.

ii) Only candidates belonging to the minority communities having total family income from all sources not exceeding Rs.2.50 lakh per annum.

iii) Benefits of coaching under the scheme can be availed by a particular student once only, he/she may be entitled to in a particular competitive examination.

iv) The examination is conducted in two stages i.e. preliminary and main, the candidates will be allowed to take coaching of the preliminary as well as the main examination.

b) The institutes should have necessary infrastructure such as premises, library, requisite equipment etc. to run the coaching classes/training centers.

c) The institutes should have experience of imparting coaching for a period not less than three years provided that those functioning for less than three years may be considered only if their success rates are significantly high.

d) Coaching institutes should have a minimum success rate of 15%.
e) Coaching for industry specific courts/jobs will be encouraged for private sector jobs.

How to Apply?

i) The Ministry of Minority Affairs will advertise the details of the scheme and invite proposals from the coaching/training institutes by 30th April of every year. You can download the Application Form from the official website.

ii) While the institutes in government sector can send proposals in the prescribed proforma directly to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the organizations in the private sector including non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should submit their proposals through the State government/UT administration concerned.

iii) The State governments/UT administrations will conduct necessary inspection of the coaching institute and feasibility of the project proposal and forward the proposal with specific recommendations to the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

iv) Funds will be released to the institutes in first installment of 70% and second installment of 30%.

v) Sanction of subsequent year proposal will depend on level of success rate of the coaching institutes in competitive examinations and placement for jobs in private sectors.

v) Students covered under the scheme shall have to attend all classes. In the event of any student remaining absent for more than 15 days, without any valid reason or leaving the coaching midway, the entire expenditure incurred on the candidate will be recovered from the institute concerned.

Terms & Conditions

i) The institute shall maintain full details of name, address, and telephone number, age, gender, educational qualifications, bank account number etc. of the candidates and furnish this information to the Ministry.

ii) The admissible amount payable towards stipend shall be paid to the candidates on monthly basis through their bank account number.
iii) Separate account will be maintained by the institute for the funds released by the Ministry.

iv) The institutes shall utilize the funds for the specified purposes only. The grantee institute shall give an undertaking that in the event of acting in contravention of this condition, it will refund the amount received with 18% penal interest and any other action, as deemed necessary by the government.