Now institutions can charge fees from Reserved category students
n limit for SC students to avail scholarship increased to 2.5 lakh
n Central Government’s Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has issued circular with changes in scheme of scholarship to be given to SC students
Staff Reporter
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India has proposed that States can allow institutions to charge fees from the students belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) during the admissions. Their fees will be reimbursed through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme by depositing the amount into their accounts. The states have been asked to deposit the required amount in students’ accounts in time. This is the one of the recommendations made by Central Government through the circular that has incorporated some changes in the scheme of Post Matric Scholarships to be implemented by various State Governments.
The Ministry in on October 6, 2010 had come up with the Government Resolution that said, ‘All private institutions should not charge any tuition fee from eligible Scheduled Caste students at the time of admission.’ The new circular released by Central Government says, the circular of the year 2010 stands withdrawn. It means institutions can charge the fees from students at the time of admissions.
This circular has made it clear that the State Government or Union Territory administration will frame modalities regarding periodical and timely release of scholarship (including fees) to students’ accounts under DBT, so that students can pay the fees to the institution on time and not subjected to any penalties for late payment, non payment of fees.
The students of MBBS course will not get the scholarship benefits during the period of internship/housemanship. At the same time circular allows the scholarship scheme to be implemented for the students who take admissions to correspondence courses. Non-refundable fee shall be directly paid to the students’ account.
The scholarship schemes are applicable for institutions of national repute, Central University, state university, autonomous colleges recognised by UGC, private universities recognised by State/Centre with A level or equivalent accreditation by NAAC, NBA and others. Now, two more sectors have been added to it where the students can avail scholarship benefits. They include deemed universities and private professional institutions affiliated to a recognised Central/State University and covered by Fee Fixation Committee as mandated by Supreme Court.
One more rule regarding eligibility of student availing scholarship benefit has been changed. According to which now all children of the same parents will be entitled to receive the benefits of the scheme.
It is well-known fact that Central Government pays 90 per cent amount for the scholarship to be distributed while the share of the State is 10 per cent. The colleges will have to ensure 50% of renewal in respect of students availing post-matric scholarship for the academic year, before applying for scholarship for the next academic year. The institution can be exempted from the rule if there is a sufficient reason for not achieving minimum of 50% renewal.
There is a reason to smile for the SC students as Government has increased the income limit from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh. This will pave the way to bring more number of students under the scholarship scheme. Otherwise also students having income more than Rs 2 lakh get benefit of freeship (excluding maintenance allowance and examination fees).
Till now there was no official announcement about making it mandatory for the students to pay full fees at institute level admissions and don’t avail the scholarship benefit. But new circular has made it clear that the fees claimed against management quota seats, spot admissions seat in any institution will not be reimbursed.
As for as book banks is concerned, such banks are to be set up in all the medical, engineering, agriculture, law and veterinary degree colleges and institutions of chartered accountancy, MBA and polytechnic colleges where SC students availing scholarship benefits. The set of text books will be purchased for 2 SC students at various stages.
Non-refundable fee to students will be released to Government institutes on priority. The other institutes would follow them. All States availing benefits under the scholarship will migrate to on-line processing of disbursal of scholarships within a year of the revised schemes coming into effect.
The District Collector will nominate Group A officers to inspect all private institutes offering courses at the level of graduation during the year preferably by the time of closure of admission.
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Highlights
- Limit for SC students to avail scholarship increased to 2.5 lakh
- States have to deposit the required amount in students’ accounts in time
- students of MBBS course will not get the scholarship benefits during internship/housemanship
- deemed universities and private professional institutions affiliated to a recognised Central/State University added.
- fees claimed against management quota seats, spot admissions seat in any institution will not be reimbursed.
n limit for SC students to avail scholarship increased to 2.5 lakh
n Central Government’s Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has issued circular with changes in scheme of scholarship to be given to SC students
Staff Reporter
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India has proposed that States can allow institutions to charge fees from the students belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) during the admissions. Their fees will be reimbursed through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme by depositing the amount into their accounts. The states have been asked to deposit the required amount in students’ accounts in time. This is the one of the recommendations made by Central Government through the circular that has incorporated some changes in the scheme of Post Matric Scholarships to be implemented by various State Governments.
The Ministry in on October 6, 2010 had come up with the Government Resolution that said, ‘All private institutions should not charge any tuition fee from eligible Scheduled Caste students at the time of admission.’ The new circular released by Central Government says, the circular of the year 2010 stands withdrawn. It means institutions can charge the fees from students at the time of admissions.
This circular has made it clear that the State Government or Union Territory administration will frame modalities regarding periodical and timely release of scholarship (including fees) to students’ accounts under DBT, so that students can pay the fees to the institution on time and not subjected to any penalties for late payment, non payment of fees.
The students of MBBS course will not get the scholarship benefits during the period of internship/housemanship. At the same time circular allows the scholarship scheme to be implemented for the students who take admissions to correspondence courses. Non-refundable fee shall be directly paid to the students’ account.
The scholarship schemes are applicable for institutions of national repute, Central University, state university, autonomous colleges recognised by UGC, private universities recognised by State/Centre with A level or equivalent accreditation by NAAC, NBA and others. Now, two more sectors have been added to it where the students can avail scholarship benefits. They include deemed universities and private professional institutions affiliated to a recognised Central/State University and covered by Fee Fixation Committee as mandated by Supreme Court.
One more rule regarding eligibility of student availing scholarship benefit has been changed. According to which now all children of the same parents will be entitled to receive the benefits of the scheme.
It is well-known fact that Central Government pays 90 per cent amount for the scholarship to be distributed while the share of the State is 10 per cent. The colleges will have to ensure 50% of renewal in respect of students availing post-matric scholarship for the academic year, before applying for scholarship for the next academic year. The institution can be exempted from the rule if there is a sufficient reason for not achieving minimum of 50% renewal.
There is a reason to smile for the SC students as Government has increased the income limit from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh. This will pave the way to bring more number of students under the scholarship scheme. Otherwise also students having income more than Rs 2 lakh get benefit of freeship (excluding maintenance allowance and examination fees).
Till now there was no official announcement about making it mandatory for the students to pay full fees at institute level admissions and don’t avail the scholarship benefit. But new circular has made it clear that the fees claimed against management quota seats, spot admissions seat in any institution will not be reimbursed.
As for as book banks is concerned, such banks are to be set up in all the medical, engineering, agriculture, law and veterinary degree colleges and institutions of chartered accountancy, MBA and polytechnic colleges where SC students availing scholarship benefits. The set of text books will be purchased for 2 SC students at various stages.
Non-refundable fee to students will be released to Government institutes on priority. The other institutes would follow them. All States availing benefits under the scholarship will migrate to on-line processing of disbursal of scholarships within a year of the revised schemes coming into effect.
The District Collector will nominate Group A officers to inspect all private institutes offering courses at the level of graduation during the year preferably by the time of closure of admission.
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Highlights
- Limit for SC students to avail scholarship increased to 2.5 lakh
- States have to deposit the required amount in students’ accounts in time
- students of MBBS course will not get the scholarship benefits during internship/housemanship
- deemed universities and private professional institutions affiliated to a recognised Central/State University added.
- fees claimed against management quota seats, spot admissions seat in any institution will not be reimbursed.
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