Odisha Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST, SC, OBC/SEBC, EBC Students 2023-24

Organisation : ST&SC and MBC Welfare Department Odisha
Scholarship/ Service Name : Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST, SC, OBC/SEBC, EBC Students 2023-24
Applicable For : Class IX & X Students
Applicable State : Odisha
Last Date : 31st January 2024
Website : https://scholarship.odisha.gov.in/website/home

What is Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme?

Pre-Matric scholarship scheme for eligible ST, SC, OBC/SEBC, EBC students for the year 2023-24 will be invited in ODISHA STATE SCHOLARSHIP PORTAL on dated 15.12.2023 from 1.00 PM onwards. The scholarships are open to Nationals of India only. Parents/ guardian’s from all sources shall not exceed Rs. 250000.00 ( Two Lakh Fifty Thousand ) per annum. Last Date of Scholarship is 31st January 2024.

Related / Similar Scholarship : Agriculture & FE Department Odisha KALIA Scholarship 2023-24

Eligibility of Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme

1. The scholarships are open to Nationals of India only.
2. Scholarship award will be sanctioned in the case of students whose parents/guardians income from all sources does not exceed Rs.2,50,000/- per annum.
3. The students should be studying in class IX and X on a full-time basis in Government Schools only.
4. They should belong to either of OBC, EBC and DNT (who are not covered under SC, ST or OBC) categories through valid certificate.

5. A scholarship holder under this scheme will not hold any other educational scholarship for the purpose of studying in class IX and X. If awarded any other educational scholarship for studying in classes IX and X, the students can avail of either of the two scholarships as per his/her choice and should inform the awarding authority to the Head of the Institution about the option made.

6. The condition stipulated in this Ministry’s notification no. 428 dated 16.02.2017 relating to provisions contained in Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016 are to be followed with further stipulation that if, for any reason, the authentication of Aadhaar fails in respect of any applicant, such an individual should be permitted to establish his/her identity by any other means so that genuine persons are not deprived of their benefits.

7. Income Certificate is required to be taken once only, i.e. at the time of admission to courses.

Selection Of Candidates for Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme

I. All States/UTs are required to develop an online platform for inviting online application and disbursement of scholarship through DBT mode into the bank account of student. The States/UTs can opt for National Scholarship Portal for inviting such applications.

II. The States/UTs would obtain necessary documents from the student as mentioned in para 3 above. Any student found to have stated wrong facts or given misrepresented facts would become ineligible and will be liable to be debarred from the scheme.

III. Before initiating registration process, students are advised to carefully go through the instructions of State /NSP portal and should have all documents mentioned in para 3 above. The applicant while applying should take care of the following.
a. Candidates belonging to one State (Domicile State) but studying in other State will be awarded scholarships by the State to which they belong (domicile State) and will submit their applications to the competent authorities in their domicile State.

b. Bank account details (A/c Number, IFSC Code) given in applications need to be correct and the account should remain active (i.e. non-dormant). The account should be held in the name of student/parent and linked with Aadhaar and mobile to ensure timely DBT.

c. The resolution/quality of documents and photo uploaded should be adequate and document should be legible and clear.
d. The mobile number provided in the application should be correct, active and should belong to the applicant or the parent. The student should continue the same mobile number linked with the bank account for entire period of scholarship. In case of any change, the student needs to get the changed number incorporated in the records.
e. The applicant student should take timely action on the SMS received from State owned portal/NSP.
f. The applicant should follow up with institutes for application verification before the deadline.
g. The applicant should rectify the error(s) and comply with the remarks made in the application, in case the application is marked as defective in State owned portal/NSP.
h. The applicant shall note that applications marked as rejected by the nodal officer during verification process will not be considered for further processing on NSP, in respect of those States which are on NSP.

How to Apply for Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme?

Prior to the introduction of Scholarship portal, the applications for department wise schemes were invited through the state scholarship portal. However, to ensure transparency and accountability in the scholarship administration, this portal came into existence. Given below is the step wise description of the application process.

To apply the scholarship, eligible students need to follow the below given steps:
Step 1 : Click Registration link at the portal, if you are new user. Existing user can click on the login button.
Step 2 : Enter the Aadhaar number and proceed further.
Step 3 : Check your registered mobile or email to get the user ID and password.
Step 4 : Click login link at the portal and enter User ID and password to apply the scholarship.
Step 5 : Provide all necessary details like student, academic, eligibility and bank information.
Step 6 : Click on the “Save as draft” button to draft the information or click on “Next” button to save and proceed the scholarship form.
Step 7 : The preview of the completed form will appear on the page. Download the forms and take its print out.

Key Documents Required :
1. Aadhaar Number
2. Applicant’s Photograph
3. Income Certificate
4. Caste certificate
5. Divyang certificate
6. Resident certificate
8. Front page of Passbook for bank account details of the student
9. Matriculation Certificate (Except in case of Non-matriculate ITI courses)
10. Previous Examination Certificate

Datelines Of Pre-Matric Scholarship

1 Opening Date of Online applications for schools on behalf of students 15.12.2023
2 Closing date for submission of Online Applications for schools 31.01.2024
3 Opening Date of Online sanction of applications by the DWO concerned. 15.12.2023
4 Closing date for online sanction of applications by the DWO concerned. 15.02.2024