Free coaching for SC and OBC students
Scholarship, education
Education
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
The objective of the scheme is to provide coaching of good quality for economically disadvantaged scheduled castes and other backward classes cnadidates to enable them to appear in competitive examinations and succeed in obtaining an appropriate job in public /private sector (Ministry of social justice and empowerment, n.d.). The courses for coaching are i)group a and b examination by the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) , the staff selection commission (SSC)and the various railway recruitment boards(RRBs); ii)group a and b examintations conducted by the State Public Service Commission iii) Officers' grade examinations conducted by banks, insurance companies and public sector undertakings v) Premier enterance examinations for admission a) engineering (eg. IIT-JEE and AIEEE b) medical (eg AIPMT) C) Professional courses like management (eg. CAT) and Law (eg CLAT) and d) any other such disciplines as Ministry may decide from time to time v) eligibility test/examinations like SAT, GRE , GMAT and TOEFL(Ministry of social justice and empowerment, n.d.)
Monthly stipend of Rs. 25,00/- per student will be paid for local students for attending the coaching class. Similiarly , Rs. 5000/- pr student will be paid per month for outstation students(Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, n.d.)" "students with disability would also be eligible for special allowance of Rs. 2000 per student per month towards reader allowance, escort allowance, helper allowace etc having valid disability certificate (equal to or more than 40% disability)(Ministry of Social Justice and Empwerment, n.d.)
The ratio of SC and OBC students to be coached under the scheme will be 70:30. In case of non -availability or inadequate availability of candidates in a particular category, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment can relax this ratio(Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,n.d.) "The students should be selected by the coaching institution based on academic criteria prescribed by the institution itself. However the institution may relax these criteria for SC/OBC candidates as per terms to be laid down in the agreement ii) only students belonging to SCs and OBCs having total family income from all sources of Rs. 6.00 lakh or less per annum will be eligible for benefits under the scheme iii) Benefits under the scheme can be availaed by a particular student not more than twice, irrespective of the number of chances he/she may be entitled to take in a particular competitive examination.....where examiniation is conducted in two stages viz preliminary and main, the candidates will be entitled for free coaching for both the examinations...(Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, n.d.)
i) Central government/ state government/UT ii) universities both central and state iii) registered private institutions and NGOs.
Nicholas Kujur
Deputy Secretary
Department of Social Justice & Empowerment Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
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011-23070912 (Off.)
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