Last date
03/08/2025
Reward
120,000
Qualification
Other
Post
School
General information
Scholarship name
FREE COACHING FOR DNT STUDENTS - SEED SCHEME
An initiative by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, to provide high-quality coaching to students belonging to De-notified Tribes (DNT), Nomadic Tribes (NT), and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (SNT).
- Region
- All India
- Scholarship type
- Government
- Fields
- Other
- For
- School
Key dates
Last date to apply: 03/08/2025 The last date to apply for this scholarship is August 03, 2025.
Eligibility
- Open for students belonging to De-notified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes.
- Applicants must be willing to pursue coaching for competitive examinations such as NEET, JEE Main, CLAT, NDA, TOEFL, SAT, CA-CPT, RRB, Banking, Insurance, State Police, and CPL Courses.
- Candidates must have passed Class 12 or are currently studying in Class 12 to be eligible for this scheme.
- Students must have secured the minimum marks required in the competitive exam for which coaching is sought, as per the guidelines of that exam.
- The annual family income of the applicants must be less than or equal to INR 8,00,000.
- Applicants should not be availing of similar benefits (waiver for coaching classes) from any other Central Government or State Government Scheme. Note:
- If the student has not yet appeared for the exam or if the result has not been declared, marks from the previous exam (Board exam) will be considered.
- For exams with two stages (Preliminary and Mains), priority will be given to students who have qualified at least once in the Preliminary stage.
- A student can avail the benefits under the scheme a maximum of two times, regardless of the number of attempts allowed for the competitive examination.
- Students may enroll in any coaching institute of their choice, either online or offline.
Award & availability
Stated amount: 120,000 Coaching fees of up to INR 1,20,000 and additional benefits. Approx 1250 scholarships award will be given every year.
Application
No application fee will be charged. a. The scheme will be widely advertised through electronic media etc. giving summarized information about the Scheme. The applicants shall, after assessing their eligibility and suitability as per the eligibility conditions of the Scheme, will be required to apply online on this Ministry’s portal, i.e. coaching.dosje.gov.in., along with details of course he/she intends to join. b. The portal will remain open for one month twice a year i.e. during the month of July and January for receiving applications.
Selection process
On closure of the application portal, separate merit lists shall be drawn up of eligible candidates for both the levels of competitive exam, by the IT system itself, based on information submitted by the candidates. i. The applications will be scrutinized in the order of merit for ascertaining eligibility. Those applications not found complete, or if the applicants are found ineligible, will be rejected. ii. The order of merit will be as of the Scheme. iv. The merit lists so finalized will be placed before a Screening Committee set up by the DWBDNC, for making recommendation about selection of the candidates. The assigned number of candidates in the merit will be given the benefit of the scheme subject to verification of their credentials. The merit list shall be uploaded on the website of the Ministry. v. Keeping in view the slots available for each year 625 candidates will be provided assistance in each of the two phases in a year. Separate merit lists will be drawn up for each phase. Other Info Objectives of the Scheme: The objectives of the Scheme are as follows. i. To provide coaching of good quality for DNT candidates to enable them to appear in competitive examinations; ii. To provide health insurance to DNT Communities iii. To facilitate livelihoods initiative at community level to build and strengthen small clusters of DNT/NT/SNT Communities institutions. iv. To provide financial assistance for construction of houses to members of the DNT Communities Target Group& Implementation of the Scheme The DNT Communities having total family income from all sources of Rs.2.50 lakh or less per annum and not availing any such benefits from similar Scheme of Centre Government or the State Government will be eligible for benefits under the Scheme. The Development and Welfare Board for De-Notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC) will overall coordinate with the agencies such as State Governments/UTs, NRLM, National Health Authority etc. for its implementation. The implementation of the scheme will be done through established implementation systems like Free Coaching system, IAY for housing programme, National Health Authority for health insurance, NRLM for livelihood activities. Contractual/outsource personnel such as Young Professionals, Consultants and Sr. Consultants would be required for monitoring and co-ordination activities at various levels. Expenditure will be met from the admissible administrative expenses of the scheme which would be around 1% of the total financial outlay of the scheme.
Contact
Website - https://dwbdnc.dosje.gov.in/ Apply Now https://dwbdnc.dosje.gov.in/