AWARD OF PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP TO OTHER ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD CLASS (OEBC)STUDENTS
Rules and Regulations:
General:
This state scholarship is implementing from the year 2005 - 06 with the following objectives:
i. To provide financial assistance to Other Economically Backward Class students to complete their education upto secondary school level.
ii. To avoid the drop out of Other Economically Backward Class students from their education due to the lack of financial assistance.
Eligibility:
- Must be citizen of India and belongs to the U.T. of Puducherry either by birth or domicile i.e., continuous residence not less than 5 years.
- Students studying from standard VI to X and have secured promotion to the next higher class.
- Only to OEBC students with annual family income of Rs.75,000/- and below.
Amount of Scholarship:
Grants the scholarship for ten months in an academic year at the following rates:
- For the stds. VI to VIII - Rs.50/month for each student (Rs.500/year/student).
- For the stds. IX & X - Rs.75/month for each student (Rs.750/year/student).
Receipts of Proposals / Applications:
This Directorate receives the proposals from the head of institutions in google forms.
Selection of Beneficiaries:
Grants scholarship to all the eligible students and will also depends on the availability of funds in the budget of the year.
Payment of Scholarship:
The Department disburses the scholarship amount directly into the Aadhaar seeded viable bank account of the sanctioned / approved beneficiaries by DBT through PFMS.
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