Pre-Matric Scholarships 2025 for OBC Students and others has started online application from 1st July, 2025 and will continue till 30 September, 2025. Those who are eligible can apply for the Government Scholarship. Class 9 and 10 students belong OBC category can apply for it.
Pre-Matric Scholarships 2025 for OBC and other
the Ministry implements various Central Sector and Centrally of India has been implementing two centrally Sponsored Scheme for vulnerable groups comprising of Other Backward Class (OBCs), Economically Backward Class (EBC) and Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNT/S-NT).
This scheme will have two components, one for OBC students studying in classes IX and X.
Objective of Pre-Matric Scholarships 2025 for OBC and other
The objective of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC and DNT students (who are not covered under SC, ST or OBC) is welfare and motivation to the children of these categories by providing financial assistance at pre matriculation or secondary stage.
Pre-Matric Scholarships 2025 for OBC and other: Eligibility Criteria
Scholarship will available for the students of India
The students should be studying in class IX and X on a full time basis.
The scholarship will be provided for students studying in Government Schools only.
Their Parent/Guardian’s income should not exceed Rs. 2.50 lakh per annum.
They should belong to either of OBC, EBC and DNT
Income Certificate is required to be taken once only, i.e. at the time of admission to courses.
Benefits of the Pre-Matric Scholarships 2025
The students shall given a consolidated academic allowance of Rs. 4000/- per annum
Also read: Pre-Matric Scholarships 2025 for SC Students (Class 9 and 10)
How to apply
Students applying the scholarship schemes must register on the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) using the “NSP OTR” app (available on Google Play Store). You must complete face authentication to generate your OTR number, which is mandatory for applying. Visit https://scholarships.gov.in for more details.
You must have an Aadhaar card and a mobile number linked with Aadhaar to generate the OTR.
If you are a minor applicant without Aadhaar, your parent’s Aadhaar will required.
Make sure to enter only active bank account details to receive the scholarship. The scholarship will disbursed through DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) mode.
All schools and institutions must ensure that students applying for admission also apply for the scholarship through the IT portal on the same day they admitted.
On the day of admission itself, the institution must verify the student’s admission on the scholarship portal, confirming that the student has officially joined and is now enrolled.
The award once made will be payable until the student passes Class X, subject to satisfactory academic performance and attendance of 75% in every academic year. The attendance will be verified through Aadhaar based attendance System
Important Dates
| Online Application Started | 1 July, 2025 |
| Last date of Online application | 30 September, 2025 |
| Defective Application Verification Open till | 15-10-2025 |
| Institute Verification Open till | 15-10-2025 |
| DNO/SNO/MNO Verification Open till | 15-11-2025 |
