Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC/EBC/SEBC Students, Odisha 2023-24

The candidates will be selected based on the fulfillment of the eligibility criteria.

• A student's scholarship may be suspended or cancelled if they breach school rules or scholarship terms. This decision rests with the appropriate school authority, but the State Government or Union Territory Administration can also directly cancel the award based on valid reasons for rule violation.
• If a scholar found to have obtained a scholarship through false statements then the scholarship will be immediately cancelled and the awarded amount may be recovered at the discretion of the State Government. Additionally, the student will be blacklisted and permanently barred from receiving any scholarship under any scheme.
• The scholar obtaining benefits under this scheme shall not be allowed to avail of benefits under any other pre-matric scholarship scheme.
• Maintaining a minimum 75% attendance rate throughout the previous year is a mandatory requirement to avail the scholarship.
• At least 5% of awards are reserved for students with disabilities and 30% are resereved for female recipients.
• The provisions of this scheme can be changed at any time at the discretion of the Government of India.

For Renewal of Scholarship:-

• The scholarship will be automatically renewed for the students who have regular attendance and confirmation from the institution of the student having been promoted to the next class and having joined back the school/institution.
• If a scholar is unable to appear in the annual examination owing to illness, the award may be renewed subject to the production of a medical certificate from a prescribed authority and acceptance of the same by the institution.
• The award once made will be payable until the student passes Class 10, subject to satisfactory academic performance and attendance of 75% in every academic year. The attendance will be verified through an Aadhaar-based attendance system.
• The scholarship, once awarded, may be renewed during the next academic year also by the concerned State Government/ Union Territory Administration unless the competent authority of the school recommends to the State Government/ Union Territory Administration, to discontinue the award concerning the relevant clause of these regulations governing the scheme.

Note:- For more detailed informtaion, kindly refer to the 'Scholarship Guidelines'.