Social Justice Department has initiated a new comprehensive scheme called ‘Vidyakiranam’ that provides educational assistance to children of differently abled parents (disability for both parents/ disability for anyone parent) who are economically deprived. From each category educational assistance will be provided to 25 children from each district for duration of 10 months. The children have been categorized as follows:-
|
Sl No. |
Class |
Scholarship Rate |
|---|---|---|
|
1. |
Standard 1 to 5 |
Rs. 300/- |
|
2. |
Standard 6 to 10 |
Rs. 500/- |
|
3. |
+1, +2, ITI equivalent courses |
Rs. 750/- |
|
4. |
Degree, Post-Graduation, Polytechnic, equivalent courses, training Courses, professional Courses |
Rs. 1000/- |
Eligibility criteria
a) Scholarship will be provided to children of disabled parents belonging to BPL category.
b) The disability of father/ mother must be 40 percentage or above.
c) Copy of BPL ration card / Income certificate from the concerned Village Officer.
d) Copy of Medical board certificate showing percentage of disability.
e) Attested copy of Disability ID card.
Guidelines
1) Scholarship will be provided to all classes for duration of 10 months.
2) Assistance will be provided as onetime for each class.
3) Those benefiting from other educational assistance schemes are not eligible to apply under this scheme.
4) Applicants pursuing courses from Govt. approved Institutions are eligible to apply. Students pursuing courses from parallel colleges and doing part time courses need not apply.
5) Scholarship will be provided to students who have secured admissions in merit quota at Private/Self financing/Autonomous educational institutions.
6) Assistance will be granted to all studying children of differently abled parents.
The application for scheme has to be submitted online via Suneethi portal. For more details please visit suneethi.sjd.kerala.gov.in
Target Group
| Differently Abled |