UP Govt hike scholarship amount: Uttar Pradesh government will increase the scholarship amount to Rs 3,500 to class 9 and 10 students of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. Applications for scholarship can be submitted till 31st March.
New Delhi: Yogi government has given a big gift to lakhs of students belonging to SC and ST of the state. From the current financial year, the government will now give Rs 3,500 per year to the Scheduled Caste and Tribe students of classes 9 and 10 under the Pre-10th Scholarship.
Till now, students of this category were given a scholarship of Rs 3,000 every year. The special thing is that now children studying in classes 9 and 10 of families who are involved in sanitation work will also get scholarship from the government for the first time. Families of all income groups will be able to take advantage of this scheme.
Scholarship will be available easily
The government has made such arrangements that personal details of children will be automatically obtained from Aadhaar. Students will no longer have to fill personal details in the application form. Name, father’s name, date of birth etc. will be automatically obtained from Aadhaar.
Also, marks of children from CBSE and ICSC boards will be available online, which will eliminate the possibility of errors at the time of application and more and more students will be able to take advantage of the scheme. Similarly, by linking the portal with DigiLocker and NPCI, mistakes in filling account numbers etc. have also been eliminated.
Applications will be open till 31st March
In the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category, applications can now be made for class 11, 12 and other upper classes till 31st March, so that the scholarship can be applied for even if the examination results are late or the session starts late. After getting scholarship in non-professional courses like B.Sc. or BA, now scholarship facility will be available in professional courses like B.Tech.
Biometric attendance will be implemented
Biometric attendance is being implemented in schools in a phased manner. Those institutions which do not implement biometric attendance will not be given the benefit of scholarship from the financial year 2025-26.
In class 9 and 10, students between the age of 12 to 20 years will get the benefit of scholarship and students of class 11, 12 and other higher education will be able to get the benefit of scholarship till the age of 40 years.
Students from families associated with unclean professions will also get benefits.
Dependent students of persons engaged in unhygienic occupations studying on full term basis in classes 9 and 10 will also be able to avail the benefit of scholarship. Unhygienic occupations include those who carry manual scavenging, tanners, ragpickers and complete the cleaning process by risking their lives.
Students from such families will have to submit certificates regarding their parents and guardians working in unhygienic professions. This certificate should be issued by a local body, municipal corporation, municipality or an authority authorized by the state government.
