Tripura became the first state in the country to launch an online registration portal for scholarship of Scheduled Caste (SC) students, Minister for SC Welfare Bhagaban Das said on Thursday.

 

The SC students would be able to avail the facility of online registration through National Scholarship Portal 2.0 from the current academic session, Das said in a press conference at the civil secretariat.

 

He said, three central schemes: Post-Matric Scholarship, Pre-Matric Scholarship (Class- IX to X) and Pre-Matric Scholarship (Class I to X) are being implemented through the portal.

 

Earlier, many students were deprived of receiving the benefit as they were unable to register online following delay in the portal, he said, adding that the portal would now remain open for one year till March 2023 next.

 

Das announced another important decision that the children of Safai workers (any caste) would be brought under the benefit of Pre-Matric Scholarship (Class I to X).

 

The government also increased the scholarship for the SC students studying in Class IX and X, the Minister said.

 

“The scholarship for the students, who go to school from home, has been increased to Rs. 3500 in the current financial year 2022-23 from Rs. 2500 in 2016-17 and 2017-18 while the scholarship for the students who stay in hostel has now been hiked to Rs. 7000 in the current financial year from Rs. 5250 in 2016-17 and 2017-18. Besides, the scholarship of the children of the Safai workers has also been increased,” Das told the reporters.

 

The government also hiked the scholarship from Rs. 12000 in 2020-21 to Rs. 13,500 in 2022-23 for the students in Degree and Post-Graduate level who are studying medicine, engineering, technology and planning etc., and staying in hostels, he said.

 

The Post Matric scholarship for the students, who are pursuing various professional courses like M.Ed, M.Pharma, Diploma Certificate in Pharmacy and Nursing, has also been hiked to Rs. 9500 in 2022-23 from Rs. 8200 in 2020-21.

 

For the students of Graduate and Post-Graduate courses like BA, B.Sc and B.Com, the Post-Matric Scholarship has been increased from Rs. 5700 in 2020-21 to Rs. 6000 in 2022-23, Das said.

 

The scholarship for the students in Post-Matric non-degree courses, he said, also increased from Rs. 3800 to Rs. 4000. (Courtesy: Tripura Times)