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Organization : Directorate of Higher and Technical Education
Scholarship Name : 2015-16 Tribal Merit/ PG Research/ Border Area/ Free Studentship Scholarship & NEC Book Grant/ Stipend
Applicable For : SC/ST/General Students
Applicable State : Meghalaya
Application Last Date : 30th September 2015

Website : http://meghalaya.gov.in/
Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/3254-Scholarship.pdf

Scholarship :

Applications in prescribed format are invited from the students who are permanent residents in the state of Meghalaya studying within and outside the state for the year 2015-16.

Related / Similar Scholarship : Meghalaya MCM Scholarship 2016-17

Border Area Scholarship:
Consequent upon the partition of India in 1947, the people inhibiting the Indo-Bangladesh Border suffered acute economic distress due to closure of normal trade channels with our neighbouring country.

The people of those areas have been experiencing great difficulty to give proper education of their children on account of economic hardship, many students from Border Areas have give up their studies after the lower primary stage on account of their parents economic difficulties. Obviously, the majority of the students hailing from those areas are handicapped and cannot catch up with those living in non border areas.

With a view to removing this handicap, a scheme for giving financial assistance to the border area students procuring their studies in L.P./M.E./High Schools and Colleges up to Degree level are given this Border stipend under rules and regulation given below:-
** The subsidy/scholarships will be awarded year-wise on the basis of promotion examinations.
** Both Father and Mother Income from all sources must be derived from Border Area.
** Govt. Service is not eligible for subsidy/scholarships.
** B.Ed/Ph.D./M.Phil are not entitled for subsidy/scholarship.
** Scholarship/subsidy will be awarded to students whose villages included in the notified border areas villages given by Border Area Department.
** The scholar is warned that her/his participant in any Govt. Political Activities/ Demonstration will entail lost of scholarship.
** The scholarship is tenable on the usual conditions of good conduct, regular in attendance and satisfactory progress, the scholarship will be suspended if any scholar leave his/her studies before completion of the course of study.
** The scholarship holder under this scheme can enjoy with any other scholarship as this scheme is a grant/subsidy only

Free Studentship Scholarship:
Free Studentship is awarded to students based on the prescribed rate of tuition fee and other fees as are being compensated by Post Matric Scholarship Scheme from time to time.

Eligibility:
** The student should be a permanent resident of Meghalaya.
** He/She belongs to SC/ST Community of the State of Meghalaya.
** He/She pursuing a regular course of studies in any recognized institution.
** His/her guardian/parents are citizens of India.
** He/she is not enjoying scholarship within the purview of the Government of India’s Post Matric Scholarship to SC/ST and other Scholarship scheme of the Central and State Government.
** That He/she is not employed in any service under the Government or any Non-Government establishment.
** He/she is not a repeater in the same class for more than once.

NEC Stipend & Book Grant:
These stipends and book grants are available for studies in India only and shall be awarded by the North Eastern States from the fund allotted by North Eastern Council Secretariat, Shillong.

General Conditions of Eligibility:

Subject to specified conditions mentioned elsewhere, the general conditions of eligibility are stated below:-
** The stipends and book grants are open only to a candidate who is a permanent resident of any of the States in the North East. The certificate to this effect obtained from the Deputy Commissioner of the district in which the candidate is a permanent resident must be produced by the candidate. Certificate from any other authority will not be accepted. However, for SC/ST applicants, the SC/ST Certificate issued by the competent authority can be considered as PRC
** The candidate should possess the relevant qualification from any recognized institution. An original certificate from the Institution of study must be produced by the candidate.
** The student must not be in receipt of any other financial assistance from any other source, except National or State Merit Scholarship. A sponsored candidate under full employment during the period of study shall not be eligible to receive the stipend.
** Financial assistance of stipend/book grant shall be admissible to students taking admission in the courses specified hereinafter in all institutes recognized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development/respective Ministry of the Government of India.
** The stipend/book grant shall be tenable for the prescribed duration of a course. A student failing to pass in a particular year shall not receive further stipend till he/she passes the specific year of the course. The Institution shall certify to that effect and make specific recommendations thereto.
** In-service candidates are not covered by this scheme.
** The maximum marks for the grant of stipend should be 55% for General /OBC/MOBC and 50% for SC/ST candidates in the relevant qualifying examination for Diploma, Degree and Post-Graduate courses.
** Selection of students form M.Phil. and Ph.D should be done on the basis of topic of research which has relevance to N.E. Region.
** Selection will be made on the basis of merit in all cases.

Last Date :
The last date for submission of application forms will be on or before 30th September 2015