Lucknow, 29 September: Yogi government has given a big gift to the SC and ST students of the state. From the current financial year, the government will now give Rs 3,500 per year to Scheduled Caste and Tribe students of classes 9 and 10 under Pre-10th Scholarship. Till now, students of this category were provided scholarship of Rs 3,000 every year.
The special thing is that now children studying in classes 9 and 10 of families who are involved in sanitation work will also get scholarship from the government for the first time. Families of all income groups will be able to take advantage of this scheme.
The state government spokesperson said that the government has made such arrangements that personal details of children will be automatically obtained from Aadhaar. Students will no longer have to fill personal details in the application form. Name, father’s name, date of birth etc. will be automatically obtained from Aadhaar.
“Also, the marks of children from CBSE and ICSC boards will be available online, which will eliminate the possibility of errors at the time of application and more and more students will be able to take advantage of the scheme. Similarly, by linking the portal with DigiLocker and NPCI, mistakes in filling account numbers etc. have also been eliminated,” added govt spokesman.
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category can now apply for class 11, 12 and other upper classes till 31st March, so that they can apply for scholarship even if the exam results are late or the session starts late.
After getting scholarship in non-professional courses like B.Sc or BA, scholarship facility will now be available in professional courses like B.Tech also.
Biometric attendance is being implemented in schools in a phased manner. Those institutions which will not implement biometric attendance will not be given the benefit of scholarship from the financial year 2025-26.
In class 9 and 10, students aged between 12 to 20 years will get the benefit of scholarship and students pursuing higher education in class 11, 12 and other higher education will be able to get the benefit of scholarship till the age of 40 years.
Students from families associated with unclean professions will also get benefits.
Dependent students of persons engaged in unhygienic professions studying on full term basis in classes 9 and 10 will also be able to avail the benefit of scholarship. Unhygienic occupations include those who carry out manual scavenging, tanners, ragpickers and complete the cleaning process by risking their lives. Students from such families will have to submit certificates regarding their parents and guardians working in unhygienic professions.
This certificate should be issued by a local body, municipal corporation, municipality or an authority authorized by the state government.
