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DIMAPUR, AUGUST 6
In pursuance to the Prime Minister’s new 15-Point Programme for the welfare of the minorities which was announced in the month of June 2006, The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) in collaboration with the department of School Education is initiating the Pre-Matric Minority Scholarship for all the deserving students in the four districts of Eastern Nagaland.
The objective of the pre-matric scholarship is to encourage parents from minority communities to send their children to school, to lighten their financial burden on school education and sustain their efforts to support their children to complete their education. Pre-Matric Scholarship for Minority is a scheme under the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MOMA) which commenced in the year 2008-09.
The scope of the said scheme is to provide scholarship to students from class-1 to class-X studying in Government/recognised private schools and institutions in India. Scholarship will be awarded to the students who had secured not less than 50% marks in their previous final examination and annual income of their parents/guardian from all sources does not exceed Rs 1 lakh.
As part of the sensitisation campaign, the federation along with its units will be assisting the students even up to the village level in filling up the forms. Deserving students and parents are requested to be prepared all the necessary documents. It should be noted that those who have applied earlier for the current year 2014-15 need not apply again.
Respective DEOs & SDEOs should furnish the list of beneficiaries/applicant to the respective students union in order to avoid double entries.
Documents required to be prepared by August 10, 2014:
Bank account details of the bonafide student and the institution/school. Fee statement letter from the school, affidavit on annual income & declaration of minority community, passport photos, birth certificate, students ID card, PRC to be issued by the concern village council/ward chairman etc.
Hostellers residing in the recognised hostels of the institution should produce their fee statement letter from the institution/school. It should be noted that the last date would be August 20.
Meanwhile, the ENSF has appeals to all the concerned national bank to initiate and access the students in opening their bank account within five days from the date of submission. Forms for opening bank account should be filled at the village level through students’ unions. The federation also appealed the District Statistical Office to issue the birth certificate forms without any charges for the poor students under BPL.
Further, the federation appealed the district first class magistrate to give utmost importance and time for registration of those filled form/affidavit for easy convenience.
Respective schools/institution are asked to be ready with ID card, fee statement letter, minority declaration letter and school’s bank account details by August 15, 2014. Respective VEC & Village Council are also requested to bear the expenses incurred for all the poor students while processing for scholarship which can be reimbursed gradually.
About the strategy and date line, the state level training for all the federating units will be on August 7, 2014. Training at the district/block/village level students’ unions should be completed by August 10. The duration for filling up the forms and collection of all necessary documents at the respective unit should be completed by August 15, 2014. All filled-up respective forms should be submitted to the bank, judicial and district statistical office which should be completed by August 20, 2014.
After completion of all necessary procedures on time, it should be submitted to the respective SDEO office by August 25 and the same should reach directorate on or before August 30, 2014.
The responsibility so assigned should be carried out strictly and efficiently. Failure to adhere positively at any level/agency shall be held solely accountable by the concern agency to which the federation shall not be responsible.
As per the guideline listed in the provision, amount of Rs 4000 per student should be directly transferred into the account of the institution for classes 6-10. In case of fees already paid to the institution, it should be accordingly reimbursed on arrival of the scholarship.
The maintenance grant for all the students is Rs 1000 for day scholar (class-1 to class-10) and Rs 6000 per year per student for hostellers residing in the recognised hostels. According to 2013-14, Tuensang had received Rs 2461200, Mon - Rs 1847650, Kiphire - Rs 10861360, Shamator - Rs 3633300 and Longleng - Rs 2520650. Respective students unions are directed to drive out the detail information from the respective SDEO on or before August 10.
The federation, it said, is compelled to appeal and issue directive to all the concerned authority on account of time limitation in hand for the submission.
The ENSF has also lauded and acknowledged Kesonyü Yhome, Principal Director of School Education, for his dynamic leadership and the initiative to bring changes in the system that had polluted for so many decades. “The result of such noble venture may not be instantly but the federation stand assured that it will brighten the future of our younger generation in days to come. Every child has right to education and right to the future,” the ENSF said.
