Pre-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

Objectives

Objectives of the schemes are:

1. To support students with disabilities to study further in order to prepare themselves to earn their livelihood and to find a dignified place for themselves in the society as they face several barriers: physical, financial, psychological in pursuing studies and live with dignity. 
2. To support students with disabilities for their studies so that the incidence of drop-out, especially in the transition from elementary education to higher education is minimized. 
3. To improve participation of students with disabilities in classes IX and X and at the pre-matric stage of education.

Number of Pre-matric scholarships to be sanctioned in a year is 25,000. 

Conditions of Eligibility

• The scholarships are open to nationals of India only.
• Open to students with benchmark disability and having a valid certificate of disability as prescribed under rules issued by the competent authority.  Disability is as defined in ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016’.
• Parents/guardians income from all sources should not exceed Rs.2,50,000/- (Rupees two lakh fifty thousand only) per annum.  
• Not more than two disabled children of the same parents will be entitled to receive benefits of the scheme. Provided in case the second child is a twin, the scholarship under this scheme will be admissible to both the twins.
• 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.
• A scholarship holder under this scheme will not hold any other scholarship/stipend. If awarded any other scholarship/stipend, the student can exercise his/her option for either of the two scholarships/stipends, whichever is more beneficial to him/her and should inform the awarding authority through the Head of the Institution about the option made. No scholarship will be paid to the students under this scheme from the date he/she accepts another scholarship/stipend. The student can however, accept free lodging or a grant or ad-hoc monetary help from the State Government or any other source for the purchase of books, equipment or for meeting the expenses on board and lodging in addition to the scholarship amount paid under this scheme.
• Scholarship holders who are receiving coaching in any of the pre-examination training centres with financial assistance from the Central Government/ State Government will not be eligible for stipend under the coaching schemes for the duration of the coaching programme.
• She/he should be a regular, full time student studying in class IX or X in a Government school or in a school recognized by Govt. or by a Central/State Board of Secondary Education.

Value of Scholarship

The value of Pre - matric scholarship includes the following for complete duration of the course:

• Maintenance allowance
• Book grant
• Disability Allowance  

Rates of Scholarship 

Disability Allowances

Application process

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Source: National Scholarship Portal