Pre-Matric Scholarships 2025 for SC Students (Class 9 and 10)

Pre-Matric Scholarships 2025 for SC Students and others has started online application from 1^st 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 SC category can apply for it.

Pre-Matric Scholarships 2025 for SC and other

The Government of India has been implementing two centrally Sponsored Scheme (i) the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students and (ii) Pre-Matric Scholarship scheme for the children of parents/guardians engaged in unclean and hazardous occupation since 01.07.2012 and 01.04.1977 respectively.

This scheme will have two components, one for SC students studying in classes IX and X (Component 1), and the other for the children studying in Classes I to X, of parents/guardians engaged in unclean and hazardous occupation (Component 2).

Objective of Pre-Matric Scholarships 2025 for SC and other

The main aim of the scholarship is to support financial assistance, parents of Children belonging to Schedule Caste (SC) and other disadvantaged categories for education of their wards studying at the Pre-Matric stage.

Also read: NEC Merit Scholarship 2025 for the North East Region Students

Pre-Matric Scholarships 2025 for SC 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.

They should belong to a Scheduled Caste

Their Parent/Guardian’s income should not exceed Rs. 2.50 lakh per annum.

Pre-Matric scholarship for children of parents/guardians engaged in Unclean and hazardous Occupation

i.The students should be studying in classes I to X on a full time basis

ii. Scholarship will be admissible to the children/wards of parents/guardians who, irrespective of their caste/religion belong to one of the following categories;

a. Persons who are Manual Scavengers as defined under section 2(I) (g) of Manual Scavengers Act 2013 b. Tanners & Flayers;

c. Waste pickers and d. Persons engaged in hazardous cleaning as defined in Section 2(I)

(d) of Manual Scavengers Act 2013.

Benefits of the Pre-Matric Scholarships2025

Students of Day Scholar- Rs. 3500 per annum

Hosteller – Component 1– Rs. 7000 per annum

Component 2– Rs. 8000 per annum (For Class III-X)

In addition, a 10% extra allowance shall be given to Divyang (Disabled) students.

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 are 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.

Students who are renewing their scholarship will be automatically renewed, based on:

• Their attendance
• Confirmation from the institution that the student has promoted to the next class and has rejoined the school/institution

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