Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes Students - Educating to Empower
Education is the glue that makes the society cohesive and helps in the formation of its paradigms. Never before has education acquired such dominant a role in shaping of the Indian society as in today’s era. Education has very well played the role of a Great Liberator.
It has become an instrument of empowerment. The urge for higher education among students from Scheduled Castes (SC) have let them cement their positions in the society, thereby helping them in looking out for newer avenues of social mobility.
Unless education brings home the bacon for them, they would not succeed in dampening or completely demolishing the social barriers put up in their path of upward social mobility.
Keeping this in the back of the mind, the Government of India played the part of the single largest intervener for the educational development of SC students.
Serving as the biggest leveler
of the society since 1944, the Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled
Castes Students presently eases the path of education for about 50 lakh
students
A flagship Scheme of the Ministry
of Social Justice & Empowerment, the scholarships are given to students
belonging to SC for the study of all recognised post-matriculation or
post-secondary courses pursued in recognised institutions except for courses
like Maintenance Engineer’s Courses and Private Pilot License Courses; and
courses of training at the Military College, and courses at Pre-examination
Training Centres of all India and State levels.
The financial aid under the Scheme to the SC students includes maintenance allowance, reimbursement of non-refundable compulsory fee charged by the educational institutions, book bank facility, among other allowances.
Since April 1, 2013, scholarships will be paid to the students whose parents/guardians’ income from all sources does not exceed Rs. 2,50,000 per annum.
Additional allowance for disabled students for the complete duration of the course is also a part of the Scheme.
Apart from Reader Allowance for blind students which varies on the level of the course, there is a provision of transport allowance, escort allowance and allowance for extra coaching to mentally retarded and mentally ill students too.
The number of beneficiaries under the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SCs has been increasing over the years.
During the 11th Plan, the number of students financially assisted under the Scheme went up from 31.58 lakh to 46 lakh.
The total expenditure under the Scheme including the Committed Liability of the states increased from Rs. 2,158.70 crore in 2007-2008 to Rs. 3,994.96 crore in 2011-12.
The financial aid under the Scheme to the SC students includes maintenance allowance, reimbursement of non-refundable compulsory fee charged by the educational institutions, book bank facility, among other allowances.
Since April 1, 2013, scholarships will be paid to the students whose parents/guardians’ income from all sources does not exceed Rs. 2,50,000 per annum.
Additional allowance for disabled students for the complete duration of the course is also a part of the Scheme.
Apart from Reader Allowance for blind students which varies on the level of the course, there is a provision of transport allowance, escort allowance and allowance for extra coaching to mentally retarded and mentally ill students too.
The number of beneficiaries under the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SCs has been increasing over the years.
During the 11th Plan, the number of students financially assisted under the Scheme went up from 31.58 lakh to 46 lakh.
The total expenditure under the Scheme including the Committed Liability of the states increased from Rs. 2,158.70 crore in 2007-2008 to Rs. 3,994.96 crore in 2011-12.
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