SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR MERITORIOUS GIRL
STUDENTS BELONGING TO MINORITIES
The Maulana Azad
Educational Foundation has started the Maulana Azad National Scholarship
Scheme for Meritorious Girl Students belonging to minorities.
Besides recognizing and promoting merit among the poor girl students
of minorities, the objective of this scheme is to provide financial
assistance in order to help them to continue their education.
1200 scholarships at the rate of Rs. 10,000/- each would be given
by the Foundation. The Scholarship amount would be for paying
fee to the institutions, purchase of books and stationery and
for meeting boarding/lodging charges. Girl students belonging
to notified minorities, i.e. Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs
and Parsis having secured not less than 55% marks in Secondary
School Certificate examination through recognized Central/State
Boards Of Secondary Education would be eligible for grant of scholarships.
Another important eligibility criteria is that the family income
of the student from all sources should be less than Rs. One Lakh
per annum. The eligible student should have confirmed admission
in class XI/diploma in Engineering /ITI. Universities, Colleges
or other Institutions offering admission to eligible girl students
for scholarship should be recognized by the competent authority.
The Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment has provided Rs.1.20 crore for the Scholarship
Scheme to the Maulana Azad Educational Foundation for the current
financial year. The Ministry has also provided Rs. 10 Lakh to
the Foundation for grant of Maulana Azad National Literacy Awards.
Four awards of Rs. one Lakh would be given each year to an outstanding
institution in each region of the country for significant contribution
towards promotion of general and technical education particularly
among girls belonging to educationally backward minorities.
