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Tag: Scholarship

  • Muslims bag major share of minority scholarships

    Express News Service
    NEW DELHI: Of the total scholarships sanctioned for minority communities from 2018 to 2021, Muslims have received 76 per cent,  followed by Christians at 12.04 per cent, according to data submitted by the Ministry of Minority Affairs in Parliament.

    The break-up of scholarships sanctioned during the last three years showed Sikhs got 7.88 per cent, Buddhists 2.70 per cent,  Jains 1,23 per cent and Parsis 0.014 per cent, respectively. According to the 2011 Census, Muslims constitute 73.66 per cent of the total minority population, followed by Christians at 11.9 per cent. While Sikhs constitute 8.91 per cent, Buddhists form 3.61 per cent. Parsis constitute 0.02 per cent of India’s minority population.

    The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements pre-matric, post-matric, merit-cum-means based scholarship schemes and the Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship Scheme for the educational empowerment of students belonging to six notified minority communities — Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Parsi and Sikh in all states/UTs across the country.

    During the last seven years, more than 4.52 crore beneficiaries have been provided scholarships through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), according to the ministry. Of the total beneficiaries, 53 per cent are female, it said.

    With the launch of the NSP in 2015-16 and its revamped version in 2016-17, the three scholarship schemes for minorities are being implemented through DBT mode. The NSP has features which help eliminate middlemen, and ghost beneficiaries. During 2016-17 to 2020-21, a total of 9,35,977 fake and ineligible applicants were identified and removed from NSP, according to the ministry. On assessing the number of minorities living below the poverty line, there was no separate assessment available, said the ministry in reply to a query.

  • In the education session 2020-21, students deprived of scholarship can apply till June 17

    According to the information received by the Assistant Commissioner Tribal Development, all the colleges, universities, engineering colleges, medical colleges, nursing colleges, ITIs, students of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes studying in the Polytechnic College in the education session 2020-21 Online post matric scholarship applications have been invited from 10 to 17 June to provide the last opportunity for the underprivileged students for scholarship. The institutions will have to approve the payment by June 24. Eligible pending students can apply online in the web site http://mpsc.mp.nic.in/CGPMS/.
    Students who have applied earlier need not apply again. If the students of the institutions taking action after the prescribed date are deprived of scholarship, then the head of the institution will be responsible for this.

  • Education officer, public education director warns if qualified students who are deprived of scholarship will be responsible

    Due to the poor system of school education department, the scholarship of last season has not been distributed in almost all the districts of the state. The responsible officials are flaunting the corona call. So far, the list of last and last year has not been submitted by the District Education Officers in the Directorate, while tomorrow is the last day, the portal will be closed.

    Operator’s blunt warning

    In such a situation, Public Education Director Jitendra Shukla told the District Education Officers in clear terms that if the eligible students are deprived of the scholarship scheme, then there will be education officers responsible for it, then there is a one-day deferment given to the Education Officers. Submit correct information of last year’s students and students of this year by evening, as the scholarship portal will be closed on 16 January.

    Education officer gave this reasoning

    Raipur District Education Officer GR Chandrakar said that the scholarship of those students of last year was not given to the students whose information is wrong, such as account number is wrong, or has been closed, a list of such people is being made. Due to the closure of school in Corona call, there is a delay in taking this detail, because the children are not coming to school. Information is being reached by reaching them, after that scholarship will be given last year and last year ..

  • Anu. Online application for scholarship of ST, ST and backward class students

    All government / non-government colleges, engineering and medical colleges, ITI and polytechnics studying in the district. Tribal, scheduled caste and backward class students and principals / institution heads are informed. That the process of acceptance and distribution of post matric scholarship (higher than class 12th) for education session 2020-21 as per last year is being started online on the website http://mpsc.mp.nic.in/CGPMS. Assistant Commissioner of Tribal Development Department informed that the last date for the year 2020-21 has been set by the department for registration of students and to lock the proposal / approval to the institutions. In which the student has been set for online application (new and renewal), 30 November, 10 December for drafting draft, 20 December 2020 for locking section order and last date for submission of KYC is 10 January 2021. After the scheduled dates, any type of applications for the post matric scholarship of the education session 2020-21 or online will not be approved and the opportunity to lock the draft proposal or section order will also not be provided. If the process is not completed by the said date, the student concerned will be deprived of the scholarship. Institution heads will be automatically responsible for this.