NSP Pre Matric Scholarship For Students With Disabilities 2024-25

Organization : Department Of Empowerment Of Persons With Disabilities
Scholarship Name : Pre Matric Scholarship For Students With Disabilities 2024-25
Applicable For : Disabilities Student studying in classes IX or X
Last Date : 31st August 2024
Website : https://scholarships.gov.in/All-Scholarships

What is NSP Pre Matric Scholarship Disabilities Students ?

Pre Matric Scholarship For Students With Disabilities 2024-25 is sponsored by Department Of Empowerment Of Persons With Disabilities. The candidate should be a regular, full time student studying in classes IX or X in a Government school or in a school recognized by the Govt. or by a Central/State Board of Secondary Education. Applications will be called for through National Scholarship Portal. The result shall be published on Department’s website and Award letters will be issued to selected candidates. Last Date of Scholarship is 31st August 2024.

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Eligibility Condition of Pre Matric Scholarship Disabilities

The candidate should be a regular, full time student studying in classes IX or X in a Government school or in a school recognized by the Govt. or by a Central/State Board of Secondary Education.

General Conditions Of Eligibility :
i. The scholarships are open only to Indian nationals.
ii. All the components of scholarships are open to students with benchmark disability i.e. 40% or more disability as defined in ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and having a valid certificate of disability issued by the competent authority as prescribed under Rules .
iii. Not more than two children with disabilities of the same parents will be entitled to receive benefits of the scheme. In case the second child is a twin, the scholarship under the schemes will be admissible to the twin.
iv. 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 a subsequent) year.

Procedure Of Application For Pre Matric Scholarship

a. Applications will be called for through National Scholarship Portal.

b. The applicants should submit their application through the on-line system within the last date prescribed for receipt of applications. All requisite documents like photograph, proof of age, disability certificate, income certificate of the parent, tuition fees receipt, last academic qualification certificate, etc. duly filled in the prescribed format are required to be uploaded in the on-line system.

c. The institutions in which the candidate is studying shall also register themselves on the portal and verify the details provided by the candidates. The nodal officer nominated by the State shall oversee all the applications and process the same on behalf of the State Government who shall also digitally sign the final list in Public Finance Management System (PFMS) for disbursal of scholarship amount to the beneficiaries.

d. In case, a candidate is a permanent resident of one State but studying in another State, his/her application should be recommended by the Education/Welfare Department of the State of which he is a permanent resident.

e. Based on the online verification by the concerned Department/Nodal officer of the State Government and considering the number of eligible applications received State wise and the percentage of State wise population of persons with disabilities, available slots will be distributed state wise for each of the scholarship to ensure that the benefit of the Scheme is available throughout the country.

f. Merit Criteria for Selection will be Percentage of disability as indicated in the disability certificate, For Specific Learning Disability, specific percentage of disability is not indicated in the disability certificate and it is indicated as 40% or above. For the purpose of Merit criteria for selection, disability percentage in all eligible cases of Specific Learning Disability will be taken as 40%.

g. In case of tie, the age will be considered, i.e., the older candidate will get preference.
h. Keeping in view the above merit criteria, final selection will be done through National Scholarship Portal as per slot distributed state wise.

Procedure For Selection of Pre Matric Scholarship

i. The selection for the award of fellowship to students will be made on the basis of scores/merit obtained in UGC National Eligibility Test and UGC Council of Scientific and Industrial Research tests conducted by National Testing Agency. The merit list will be prepared by NTA on all India basis from amongst the eligible candidates belonging to the category of ‘benchmark disability’ who apply for both- JRF and NET, but qualify for NET only.

ii. The qualified candidates under NFPwD, who have not secured admission at the time of application for Fellowship under the Scheme are required to take admission for regular and full time M. Phil./Ph. D. in a recognized research institution at the first available opportunity but not later than three years from the date of award of fellowship.

iii. Genuineness of the PwD Certificate furnished by the candidate shall be verified by the concerned University/ Institution before allowing the fellow to avail fellowship under the scheme. After the documents of NFPwD awardees are verified by Nodal Officers of universities/ institutions, the same will be sent to the Department for final approval.

iv. The decision of the Department with regard to awarding the Fellowship shall be final and no appeal would lie against any decision of the Department in regard thereof.
v. The result shall be published on Department’s website and Award letters will be issued to selected candidates.

What are the Important Dates of Pre Matric Scholarship?

The Important Dates of Pre Matric Scholarship For Students With Disabilities are
Scheme Open till : 31-08-2024
Defective Application Verification Open till: 15-09-2024
Institute Verification Open till: 15-09-2024 DNO/SNO/MNO
Verification Open till: 30-09-2024