Scholarships For Person with Dishabilles
SCHEMES OF SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES under the DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DIVYANGJAN).
Did you know that the Indian government has special scholarships just for students with disabilities? In this article, we are providing you with a full list of special scholarships. In this article, we will make you aware of all those scholarships which you do not know and which are very important for the person with disability to know so that he can take advantage of all those scholarships provided by the Indian government. These scholarships are not only for school students but also for college students, PHD scholars. They're like a big helping hand, making sure that every student, no matter what challenges they face, gets the chance to learn and grow. Let's find out the complete list of those scholarships. How these special government programs are making a big difference, not just in giving money, but in making sure that every student has a fair shot at a great education. They're like a big thumbs-up from the government, saying, "You can do it!"
In this article, We will discuss complete details about Pre-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities, Post-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities, Top Class Education Scholarship for Students with Disabilities, National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities, National Overseas Scholarship, other scholarships for person with disabilities, Official Notification, Application Link, Application Fee, Important Dates, ELIGIBILITY CONDITION, SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE, Reservation of slots for female candidates, etc.
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Table of contexts:
Introduction of scheme
General Conditions of Eligibility
Broad Features of Scholarship Scheme
Important Dates
Pre-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
Post-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
Top Class Education Scholarship list for Students with Disabilities
Procedure of Applications and Selection for Pre-Matric, Post-Matric and Top Class Scholarship schemes
Duration and Renewal of Scholarship/Award
Other Conditions
Mode of Disbursal of Scholarship
Monitoring
National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities
National Overseas Scholarship
SCHEME OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
INTRODUCTION
Education plays a pivotal role in socio-economic empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. Recognizing its crucial role, the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 have underlined the role of the State in realization of the Right to Education for Persons with Disabilities. Article 41 of Part IV (Directive Principles of State Policy) of the Constitution provides that the State shall make effective provisions for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement, and in other cases of undeserved want.
The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Government of India is implementing ?Scheme of Scholarships for Students with Disabilities? with following six components:
Pre-matric Scholarship (For Classes IX and X)
Post-matric Scholarship (For Class XI to Post-Graduate Degree/Diploma)
Top Class Education (For Graduate and Post-Graduate Degree/Diploma in notified institutes of excellence in education)
National Overseas Scholarship (For Master?s Degree/Ph.D. in Institutions/Colleges/Universities abroad)
National Fellowship (For M. Phil and Ph.D. in Indian Universities)
Free Coaching (For recruitment examinations for Group A, B and C posts and entrance examinations for admission to various technical and professional courses).
The guidelines in respect of first five components of the Umbrella Scheme as mentioned above are delineated as under and the guidelines in respect of Free Coaching component will be brought out separately.
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY
The scholarships are open only to Indian nationals.
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 .
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.
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.
A scholarship holder under this scheme will not avail any other scholarship/stipend. No scholarship will be paid to the students under this scheme from the date he/she accepts any other scholarship/stipend.
BROAD FEATURES OF SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES
