Scholarships

The Ministry of Human Resource Development operates a Centrally Sponsored Plan Scheme viz., National Merit Scholarship Scheme through States/UTs, under which 100 per cent financial assistance is provided to meritorious students from rural areas studying in classes IX and X. Besides, scholarship is also provided to all the meritorious students on state-wise merit, including students from rural areas, studying from the post-metric to the post-graduate level. The rate of scholarship varies from Rs 250 to Rs 750, depending on course of study. Under the Scheme of Scholarship to Students from Non-Hindi Speaking States for Post-Matric Studies in Hindi, the rate of scholarship ranges from Rs 300 to 1000 per month.
The Government provides scholarships to Indian scholar for Post Graduate/Research/Post Doctoral studies abroad on the basis of officers received from foreign Government under the various Cultural/Educational Exchange Programme. The details of offers and other conditions are given wide publicity in the leading newspapers while inviting applications for scholarship and are available on Departments website www.education.nic.in. The amount and other facilities provided by foreign governments varies from country to country and time to time. 108 scholarships were awarded during the year 2004-2005 under various Cultural Exchange Programmes/Educational Exchange Programmes.

Educational Development in North Eastern Region

The NE Region comprising of eight States has a high literacy level and is rich in ethnic cultural heritage with linguistic diversity. However, the region lacks infrastructure and facilities in educational institutions across sectors and there is a need to improve the quality of education imparted. The NE States have been provided grants under the Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) to improve their infrastructure facilities. The Empowered Committee administering NLCPR has, since its inception in 1998-99, approved proposals worth Rs 462.72 crore as on 31 December 2004 for the development of educational infrastructure in the NER. Funds amounting to Rs 386.34 crore have also been released as on 31 December 2004. Out of this, Rs 12.75 crore was released in 2004-05.