Pre Matric Scholarships For ST Students 2023-24 Class IX & Class X Sikkim : NSP

Organisation : Ministry of Tribal Affairs NSP
Scholarship Name : Pre Matric Scholarships For ST Students 2023-24
Applicable For : ST Students
Applicable State/UTs : Sikkim
Application Last Date : 29th February 2024
Website : https://scholarships.gov.in/#schemesonNSP

What is Sikkim Pre Matric Scholarships For ST Students?

Pre Matric Scholarships For ST Students Class IX And Class X – Sikkim is sponsored by Ministry of Tribal Affairs. To support parents of ST children for education of their wards studying in classes IX and X so that the incidence of drop-out, especially in the transition from the elementary to the secondary stage is minimized, and To improve participation of ST children in classes IX and X of the pre- matric stage, so that they perform better and have a better chance of progressing to the post-matric stage of education. Last Date of Scholarship is 29th February 2024.

Eligibility of Pre Matric Scholarships For ST Students

(i) Student should belong to Scheduled Tribe
(ii) Her/his Parents’/Guardian’s income should not exceed Rs. 2.00 lakh per annum.
(iii) She / he should not be getting any other Centrally-funded Pre-Matric Scholarship.
(iv) She/ he should be a regular, full time student studying in a Government School or in a School recognized by Govt. or a Central/State Board of Secondary Education.
(v) Scholarship for studying in any class will be available for only one year. If a student has to repeat a class, she / he would not get scholarship for that class for a second (or subsequent) year.

Application Procedure of Pre Matric Scholarships For ST Students

(i) An application for scholarship should comprise:
(a) One copy of the application for scholarship in the prescribed form (separate application forms as have been prescribed for ‘fresh’ and renewal scholarship by concerned States/UTs).
(b) One copy of the passport size photograph with signatures of the student thereon (for fresh scholarship).
(c) A certificate (in original) of Scheduled Tribe duly signed by an authorized Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar.

(d) An income declaration by the self-employed parents/guardians, stating definite income from all sources by way of an affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper. Employed parents/guardians are required to obtain income certificate from their employer and for any additional income from other sources, they would furnish declaration by way of an affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper.

(e) A receipt in acknowledgement of the scholarship in the previous year on the form attached to the application only duly counter-signed by the Head of the Institution/School concerned, if the applicant was in receipt of a scholarship under this scheme in the preceding year.

(ii) Application complete in all respects, shall be submitted to the Head of the Institution/School, being attended or last attended by the candidates and shall be forwarded by the Head of Institution, after scrutiny and with his recommendation, to the sanctioning authority, mentioned in para 11.2.

How to Apply for Pre Matric Scholarships For ST Students?

The steps involved in NSP are as follows:
Step-1: Student Registration and Application Submission
Step-2: Level 1 Verification of Application at Institute Level
Step-3: Level 2/3 Verification of Application at District/State/Ministry Level
Step-4: Beneficiary Records Creation and Account Validation by PFMS
Step-5: Applications Deduplication and Merit List Generation
Step-6: Payment File Generation and Financial Approval
Step-7: Scholarship Disbursement through DBT

Registration Process for Fresh Students:
a) Students applying for scholarship for the first time need to “Register” on the portal as fresh applicant, using the icon “New Registration” at NSP Portal URL – https://scholarships.gov.in/, by providing accurate and correct information as per their documents.

b) Before initiating registration process, students are advised to carefully go through the “Guidelines for Registration on National Scholarship Portal” and keep their Educational and other documents such as Aadhaar number, Enrolment number, Bank passbook etc. in hand.

c) Fields marked as ‘*’ are mandatory.
d) Students who have been assigned Aadhaar shall mandatorily provide their Aadhaar number in their application.

e) Student(s)/The Student who do not possess Aadhaar shall provide the enrolment ID (if available), and upload scanned copy Bank Passbook with Photograph, in PDF or JPEG format (Maximum size 200 KB). The student will also be required to upload bonafide student certificate from Institute / School in along with their application form.

f) Upon submitting all the details on registration page, student will get a unique application ID and password through SMS on the provided(registered) mobile number.

g) The student shall login to NSP using application ID and password received. The student must change the password upon first login. This password has to be kept safely and confidentially. The student can change the mobile number only before the first login, i.e. before changing the received password.

h) The student can apply in any of the scheme on-boarded on NSP by providing accurate and correct information as per their documents, and shall submit the documents to the Institute after Final submission of the application at NSP portal.

i) The detailed procedure for filling the application form has been provided in the User Manual for Applicants.

Important Dates of Pre Matric Scholarships For ST Students

Scheme Closing Date Open till 29-02-2024
Defective Application Verification Date Open till 15-03-2024
Institute Verification Open till 15-03-2024
DNO/SNO/MNO Verification Open till 30-03-2024