Government Scholarships For Female Girl Children

Education is very important for our country. The slogan, “Padhega India tabhi to badhega India”, holds a lot of importance. In order to grow and develop India, it is crucial that the children of India are educated. The government of India introduces reforms and policies time and again so as to improvise the situation and to proceed towards an educated India. In our male dominating society, girls are given less importance. In Indian families, it is seen that boys are given more opportunities to study than girls. Keeping this in mind, the government keeps bringing forth measures and policies that support girl child. On the occasion of the National girl child day which is celebrated on January 24, the Union Human Resources Development Ministry tweeted that we as a responsible nation should pledge, educate and promote the girl child. In furtherance of the same, the government has given the slogan “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” and has introduced various scholarships under various schemes. The various government aided scholarships for women are as follows:

(i) Pragati Scholarship

As a part of this scheme, the MHRD grants about 4000 scholarships every year. This scholarship is provided to those girls who belong to families with less than Rs. 6 lac per annum income. The beneficiaries are entitled to an entire tuition fee or Rs. 30,000 (whichever is less) and alongside a stipend of Rs. 2,000 per month for a period of 10 months during their graduate courses. Only one child per family is eligible for availing this scholarship. The girl child should have enrolled in any AICTE approved college on the basis of their own merit. Those who wish to apply for this scholarship need to apply on the official website of AICTE, aicte-india.org.

(ii) Swami Vivekananda Scholarship

This is a scholarship scheme for providing financial help to girl child for a period of five years uptil the submission of PhD thesis. Only those students are eligible for this scholarship who are: (i) single girl child; (ii) families with two girl children only; and (iii) transgender students. Under the scholarship program, a student shall be eligible to receive a fellowship of Rs. 25,000 per month for the first two years of their PhD. course. For the remaining tenure, the students receive Rs. 28,000 per month. Alongside, a contingency amount of Rs.10,000 per year for the first two years and Rs. 20,500 for the remaining years are provided to the candidates. To be able to avail benefit of this scholarship, a student has to secure admission in a PhD. course. Only those girls are eligible for this who are not more than 40 years of age. The candidates can apply on the following website: ugc.ac.in/svsgc/.

(iii) Udaan mentoring

The Udaan mentoring project is a project by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). This scholarship aims to address low enrolment of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), courses, especially in indian engineering colleges. Under this initiative, the CBSE provides free coaching for students of class 11 and 12 so as to crack engineering entrance exams including the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE). Students are provided with tablets with pre loaded study material. They are enrolled in virtual classes, motivational sessions and in a service helpline that helps them to clear any doubts related to the exams. As far as the eligibility is concerned, the students of Navodya Vidyalayas, Kendriya Vidyalas, government schools or any CBSE recognised school can apply for this scholarship. The students have to score a minimum of 70% or above in their class 10 exams or equivalent and their family income should not be more than Rs. 6 lakhs per annum. Those candidates who wish to apply for this scholarship may logon to cbse.nic.in and send declarations to the following email id: udaan.cbse@gmail.com.

By: Anuja Arora

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