The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi is inviting applications from eligible candidates for the award of financial assistance through Central Sector Scholarship Scheme 2014. Candidates have to apply online only through CBSE website cbse.nic.in . Following are more details of CSSS 2014.
Eligibility: The scholarships are aimed at providing financial help for the college and University students pursuing higher education. The distribution of scholarships for Science, Commerce and Humanities streams is 3:2:1.
The selection of the students for these scholarships will be based on the merit in senior secondary examinations. Total number of scholarships are 82000 per annum. These are equally distributed for boys and girl students.
Students with above 80th percentile of successful candidates in the concerned stream are eligible for the scholarship. The scholarship amount is Rs. 1000 per month at Graduation and Rs. 2000 per month for University level courses.
Interested candidates may apply for the scholarships through CBSE website. Last date for the online submission of applications is 15 September 2014. Closing date for the receipt of printed copies of applications is 30th September 2014.