Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities: The Indian government has established many scholarships to encourage students with disabilities and promote education. This article contains information about the application process, eligibility requirements, key dates, scholarship amount, etc. You will learn about every essential feature of the scheme by reading this article.

Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Central Government of India, provides the Post-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities program. All students who have completed the 10th grade and pursuing higher studies will be eligible for rewards under this program. This article contains eligibility terms and conditions and other detail below.

Candidates who experience any of the diseases like Blindness, low vision, leprosy-cured individuals, hearing impairment (deaf and hard of hearing), locomotor disability, mental illness, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, chronic neurological diseases, specific learning disabilities, multiple sclerosis, speech and language impairment, thalassemia, hemophilia, sickle cell disease, multiple disabilities including deaf Blindness, acid attack victims, Parkinson’s disease, and dwarfism, as well as dwarfism, may apply for this scholarship.

Key Points of Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

  • Name of Scholarship: Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2023
  • Scholarship Launched by: Central Government of India
  • Application Period: August to November
  • Objective: Providing financial relief to disabled Students
  • Beneficiaries: Post Matric Students with Disabilities
  • Visit Official Portal of Central Government for more details.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Candidates must succeed in the secondary or 10th-grade exam from a school approved by the state or central board.
  • Candidates must have applied for admission to a diploma, master’s degree, certificate, or 11th or 12th-grade graduation degree program.
  • Students pursuing a B.A., B.Sc., B.E., etc., followed by an L.L.B., B.Ed., or B.El.Ed. are eligible.
  • The student’s family’s annual household income should be at most 2.50 lakh.

Amount of Scholarship

Maintenance allowance for Group I to IV

Group Details Hosteller Day scholar
Group I: All Graduate and Post Graduate programmes in the fields of medicine, engineering, planning, fashion technology, management, business administration, computer applications, agriculture, veterinary medicine, and allied sciences. Any post-graduate degree or diploma programme in any discipline that has been approved by UGC or AICTE. 1600 750
Group II: Professional degree or diploma; certificates in paramedical courses, pharmacy, law, business, interior design, nutrition & dietetics, commercial art, and financial services (such as banking, insurance, taxation, etc.); and others. 1100 700
Group III: All other Graduate degree courses not covered under Group I & II e.g., BA/ B.Sc./ B.Com. etc 950 650
Group IV: All post-matriculation level ‘non-degree courses, e.g., senior I secondary certificate (Class XI and XII), ITI courses, 3-year diploma courses in Polytechnics, etc. 950 550

Disability allowance in Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

Type of Disability Amount Per Year
Visually Impaired 4000
Hearing Impaired 2000
Physically Disabled (OH) 2000
Intellectual Disabilities 4000
All other types of disability not covered under above 2000
  • Reimbursement of compulsory non-refundable Fees: such as enrolment or registration fees, tuition, sports, union dues, magazines, libraries, and other costs up to Rs. 1.50 lakh annually.
  • Book allowance will be given Rs.1500 / – per annum.

Selection Process of Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

The department will prepare a merit list of candidates for a scholarship based on the following points:

  • Eligibility conditions of individual candidates.
  • State Government Education Department Recommendation
  • of slots available for the scholarship
  • Percentage of marks obtained in the qualifying exam (In case of a tie in marks, the percentage of disability will be considered)

Activity List of Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities:

Activity Proposed Date
Registration/Filling of online application by the applicant on http://www.scholarships.gov.in Open till 31-12-2023
Defective Application Verification Date Available Soon
Institute Verification Available Soon
DNO/SNO/MNO Verification Available Soon

GovtJobsHome.com Important Links:

Important Links
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