The state government intends to recognize 700 unaided Madrasas and focus on expansion of tribal and Rajbonshi education systems.

Earlier, the pre-matric scholarship used to cover education for grades 1 to 8 as well as for students belonging to minority communities. SC...

The ministry has received the clearance of the expenditure finance committee (EFC) and is likely to get the Cabinet nod within this month.

New system would mean uniform entitlement, timeline, process, eligibility and portal for all underprivileged students.

The government, faces a difficult task when it undertakes rationalisation of scholarships – it cannot reduce the monetary amount to bring a...

The Centre will allow all state governments to link their scholarship schemes to this portal so that this becomes a single place to know ab...

Over half of the funds earmarked for pre-matric scholarships under the Centre’s scheme for tribal children is lying unspent. Out of Rs 400 ...

The backbone of the new guidelines, which would come into effect from April 1, 2021, would be an IT-enabled uniform disbursal system which ...

There is a 14% increase in the budget allocation for ministry of social justice and empowerment and a 7.5% increase in that of tribal affai...

Govt reworks strategy as its direct benefit schemes for students and youngsters fail to reach the desired number of people.

Ayyamperumal, a Dalit student from Perambalur district in Tamil Nadu, told TOI that he faced constant trouble and harassment in the three y...

For students pursuing PhD and professional degrees in IITs and NITS, government has started disbursing scholarship funds directly into thei...

The Tribal Affairs Ministry is seeking to merge five stand-alone centrally-sponsored schemes under an umbrella scheme for education of Sche...

The scholarships are open to girls from underprivileged and disadvantaged backgrounds who wish to pursue their diploma/degree.

The ministry has not been able to find enough beneficiaries for two major schemes – National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for ST students an...

Union Tribal Affairs Ministry was allocated a budget of Rs 4295.94 c rore, marking a 4.57 per cent increase of Rs 187.94 crore over last ye...

Taking a cue from Rajasthan and Kerala, Maharashtra Government has decided to implement a Rs 200 crore pre-matric scholarship programme for...