Scholarships for Top Class Education for students with disabilities 2024
The scholarships for Top Class Education for students with disabilities aims to encourage quality education amongst the students with disabilities by providing them with full financial support. Currently, this scholarship covers students who are pursuing studies at the level of graduation and post-graduation degree or diploma in notified institutes of excellence in education identified by DEPwD. In this post, we are going to provide all the important details regarding the Scholarships for top Class Educations for Students with disabilities 2024.
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Important Dates
Given below is the tentative schedule of the scholarships scheme
Main Events | Tentative Dates |
Closing date of the scheme | 3rd week of November 2024 |
Last date for defective verification | 2nd week of December 2024 |
Last date for institute verification | 2nd week of December 2024 |
Eligibility Criteria
The following eligibility criteria must be fulfilled in order to apply for this scholarship.
- The scholarship will be awarded to the citizen of India only.
- Scholarships are available to students with disabilities with 40% and above.
- Not more than two children with disabilities of the same parents will be entitled to receive benefits of the scheme.
- The income of the parents from all the sources should not exceed 6 lakh rupees.
- The student should be studying at the level of graduate and post-graduate degree or diploma in notified institutes of excellence in education identified by DEPwD.
How to apply?
Those interested candidates who want to apply for scholarships for Top class Education for students with disabilities may access the application form through the National Scholarship Portal i.e. scholarships.gov.in. In the application form, candidates have to provide all the required details in an accurate manner.
Important Documents
All the candidates need to upload the following documents while filling the application form.
- Photograph of the candidate
- Age proof
- Disability Certificate
- Income certificate of the parents
- Receipt of the tuition fee
- Last academic qualification certificate
Rate/ Amount of Scholarship
The scholarship includes the following amounts.
Components of Scholarship | Rate per awardee |
Reimbursement of tuition fees and non-refundable charges paid/ payable to the institute | Up to Rs. 2.00 lakh – per annum (subject to actual amount) |
Maintenance Allowance | Rs. 3,000/- per month for hostellers
Rs. 1,500/- per month for day-scholars |
Special Allowances (related to types of disabilities like reader allowance, escort allowance, helper allowance, etc.) | Rs. 2,000/- |
Books & Stationery | Rs. 5,000/- |
Reimbursement of expenses for purchase of Aids and Assistive Devices including necessary software related to the particular disability of the selected candidate | Rs. 30,000/- as a one-time grant for entire course |
Reimbursement of expenses for purchase of a computer with accessories | Rs. 30,000/- as a one-time grant for entire course |