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    FrequentlyaskedquestionsundertheTop Class Education SchemeforSCStudents

    Q.1-WhatistheobjectiveoftheScheme?

    Ans.-The Scheme aims at recognizing and promoting quality education amongst students
    belonging to SCs, by providing full financial support. The Scheme will cover SC students for
    pursuing studies beyond 12th class.

    Q.2-Whataretheinstitutionsforwhichscholarshipissupportedunderthescheme.

    Ans.-All the IIMs / IITs/ IIITs / AIIMSs/ NITs/NIFTs/ NIDs/ Indian Institutes of Hotel Management,
    National Law Universities and other Central Government Institutions will be eligible to be included in
    the Scheme, subject to their applying for being included in the Scheme and recommendation by the
    Selection Committee under the scheme, or if the Selection Committee itself recommends the name of
    the institute for inclusion in the list of empanelled institutes of the scheme. If an institution is not in any
    of the above categories, it has to be included in the current list of i). National Assessment and
    Accreditation Council (NAAC) A++ and A+ Accredited Institutions or ii) Top 100 National
    Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Institutions or iii) Institutions of National Importance as per
    lists issued by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) from time to time.

    Q.3-WhatarethetotalNumberofstudentstobesupportedintheSchemeannually?

    Ans.-The overall number of scholarships would be capped at 21,500 for the period 2021-22 to
    2025-26 (4100 for 2021-22, 4200 for 2022-23, 4300 for 2023-24, 4400 for 2024-25 and 4500 for
    2025-26).
    Q.4-WhatisthenumberofstudentsofeachcategoryespeciallythegirlstobeassistedintheScheme?

    Ans.-Thirty percent (30%) of slots allotted to the Institution shall be reserved for eligible SC girl
    students as per their inter-se merit. In the absence of sufficient number of girl students, the slots
    may be transferred to eligible boy students as per their inter-se merit.
    However, the 30% slots as mentioned above will not include those girl students who are selected
    on the basis of their performance in the overall merit list of SC students of the Institution.

    Q.5-WhoiseligibletoapplyforsupportundertheScheme?
    Ans.-Those SC students having total annual family income from all sources up to Rs. 8.00 lakh
    and having secured admission in a full-time prescribed course in any of the notified institutions
    according to the general selection criteria prescribed by the concerned institution, will be eligible
    for scholarship under the Scheme to the extent of the number of scholarships (slots) allocated to
    the institution for the course.

    Q.6-Whatistheguidelinetobefollowedforincomecertificate?
    Ans. Following guidelines shall be followed for income certificate-

    Income declaration of self-employed parents/guardian should be in the form of a certificate


    issued by revenue officer not below the rank of Tehsildar. Employed parents/guardians are
    required to obtain income certificate from their employer. Employed parents/guardians should
    obtain consolidated certificate from revenue officer for any other additional source of income.

    ApplicantsmayensurethattheIncomecertificateisvalidonthedateofsubmissionof application.

    Q.7-Whatistheguidelinetobefollowedforcastecertificate?
    Ans.IncaseofSCstudents,thecertificateshouldhavebeenissuedbythecompetent
    StateGovernmentauthorityinthenameofapplicant
    andshouldbevalidatthetimeofsubmissionofapplication.

    Q.8-WhatistheamountofscholarshipgivenundertheScheme?
    Ans.The SC students, who secure admission in the notified institutions, will be awarded
    scholarship to meet the requirements for (i) full tuition fee and non-refundable charges (there will
    be a ceiling of Rs. 2.00 lakh per annum per student for private sector institutions (ii) Academic
    allowance of Rs. 86,000 in the first year of study and Rs. 41,000 in every subsequent year, to
    take care of living expenses, books and stationery, computer/laptop of reputed brand with
    accessories like UPS and printer, etc.
    The Scheme will be funded by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on 100% basis.
    The scholarship will become payable immediately after a student has secured admission and has
    started attending the classes. The payment of tuition fee, other non-refundable charges and
    academic allowance will be made directly to the students by the Central Government through
    Direct Benefit Transfer mode. The students shall deposit the fee to the institute immediately and
    in any case, within a month of receipt of such payment.

    Q.9-What is the procedureforapplyingundertheScheme?

    Ans.-The students will submit their application on National Scholarship Portal (NSP). The
    institutions will verify the applications on NSP for submission to the Ministry.

    In the case of new entrants i.e. to the first year of the course, the institution will select eligible SC
    students on the basis of merit as per the entrance examination merit list keeping in consideration
    reservation of 30% of the slots to girl students. The entrance exam of each course will be
    considered as per the list given at Annexure-3. The students are required to apply under the
    Scheme on the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) and upload their income certificate and caste
    certificate on the Portal along with details of their bank account, Admission Rank and Fee details
    to claim the scholarship. The institution shall verify all the details before forwarding the
    applications to the Ministry.

    The income certificate shall be verified both by the institute and the Ministry. In the case of
    application for renewal of scholarships by students joining second or subsequent years of the
    course, verification of an application by the institution would mean that the institution has
    promoted the student to the next class and the student has taken admission therein.

    Q.10-Howmanychildren per familycanavailthebenefitundertheScheme?

    Ans.-The benefit of the Scheme will not be provided to more than 2 siblings in a family. The
    students will submit an affidavit in the Institution to certify that he/she is not the third sibling of
    the family who is availing benefit under the Scheme. The scholarship will be terminated if the
    student fails to get promoted to the next semester/class.

    Q.11-
    CanonepersonsimultaneouslyavailthebenefitofsimilarotherSchemeofCentral/StateGovernm
    ent.

    Ans.-Thecandidatecannotavailanyotherscholarshipbenefitsof theCentre or State/ UT


    Governments. The student will be required to provide a declaration that he/she has not taken
    benefit of any other similar scholarship scheme run by the Central or State Government.

    Q.12- What is Role of Aadhaar seeding in the process of release of scholarship?

    Ans- Scholarship under the scheme is only released in the Aadhaar seeded bank account through
    AadhaarPayment Bridge System. Therefore it is mandatory to seed your Aadhaar to your bank account.

    Q.12- What are the roles and responsibilities of the different organizations involved the
    process of release of scholarship.

    Ans- Role of Ministry-


    (i) Verifying the application forwarded by the Institutes
    (ii) Take approval of the competent authority for release of scholarship
    (iii) Push payment on NSP portal

    Role of NSP team-

    (i) To resolve any technical issue faced by student on NSP portal.


    (ii) Issue related to applying on NSP portal for fresh and renewal.

    Role of Institute-

    (i) Handholding of student in applying for scholarship


    (ii) Verify applications on their end and forward all the relevant documents of the
    ministry of verification
    (iii) To raise any grievance of the students with the ministry/NSP Team.

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