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SHRESHTA – Scheme for Residential Education for SC Students in High…
SHRESHTA – Scheme for Residential Education for SC Students in High Schools in
Targeted Areas
Objective:
Providing seats for meritorious SC boys and girls in top private residential schools.
Filling the education gap in service-deprived SC dominant areas
Socio-economic upliftment and overall development of SCs.
Eligibility:
SC student with family income not exceeding Rs. 2,50,000 per annum.
Preference for income less than Rs. 1,00,000 and students with physical disability.
Modes
Mode 1
Selection of 2200 meritorious SC students annually for quality residential education.
Admissions in Class 9 and Class 11 through SHRESHTA-NETS competitive examination.
Final list uploaded on e-Anudaan Portal.
Mode 2
Support to ongoing projects of non-residential schools/residential schools/hostels of VOs/NGOs.
Grants provided per SC student for residential/non-residential/hostel facilities.
Residential
Primary Rs.35000
Secondary Rs.55000
Non residential
Primary Rs.11000
Secondary Rs.35000
Hostel
Primary Rs.16000
Secondary Rs.28000
Preference Areas:
Aspirational Districts identified by NITI Aayog.
Educationally backward districts.
Districts with SC population larger than the national average of 16.2%.
Scholarship Amount:
Class 9th: Rs. 1,00,000 per annum.
Class 12th: Rs. 1,35,000 per annum.
Class 10th: Rs. 1,10,000 per annum.
Class 11th: Rs. 1,25,000 per annum.
Launch year – 2022 (Period – 2022-23 to 2025-26)