Every district of Uttar Pradesh has been asked to ensure applications numbering 15 times the quota of seats allotted to them this time for the Nationwide Means-Cum-Advantage Scholarship (NMMS) Scheme Examination 2024-25. The scholarship is given by the Union training ministry.
Usha Chandra, director, Bureau of Psychology, U.P., the coordinating physique of the NMMSS within the state, has asked all district inspectors of colleges (DIOSs) and primary shiksha adhikaris (BSAs) to ensure that on-line applications are stuffed nicely in time by the eligible college students.
Chandra in her missive has expressed concern that only a few applications are being acquired from every district towards the prescribed quota of seats yearly.
“NMMS examination is proposed to be held on November 5 and for it the applications are to be stuffed in by eligible college students of all of the districts of the state by September 18. We would like as many eligible college students as attainable to vie for it from all districts of the state,” she stated.
The scholarships below NMMSS, launched in 2008, are awarded to meritorious college students of economically weaker sections to examine their drop-out fee after Class 8. The scholarship quantity is (*15*)₹12,000 every year to allow college students to examine from Class 9 to Class 12. Eligible college students can apply for it on-line at https://www.entdata.co.in/.
Round 1 lakh recent scholarships are awarded within the nation to chosen college students of Class 9 yearly and their continuation/renewal in Courses 10 to 12 for examine in state authorities, government-aided and native physique colleges below the scheme.
College students whose parental revenue from all sources is just not greater than (*15*)₹3,50,000 every year are eligible for the scholarship. The scholars should have minimal of 55% marks or equal grade in Class 7 examination (5% leisure to SC/ST college students) for showing in choice take a look at for the scholarship.
The scholars ought to be learning as common college students in Class 8 in a authorities, government-aided and native physique faculty this yr. College students of Navodaya colleges, Kendriya Vidyalayas, authorities residential colleges or Sanik and personal colleges will not be entitled for the scholarship.
Final yr, after lots of effort, 1,79,971 college students from throughout the state utilized for NMMSS. Of them, 1,45,702 college students appeared within the examination and solely 14,090 had been profitable in bagging the scholarship. Out of 15,143 fastened quota or seats for U.P. in 2022-23, 1,053 had remained vacant. In such a state of affairs, a goal of 2,27,145 applications has been given towards 15,143 seats in U.P. this yr.
