The Ministry of Minority Affairs of India is offering Pre – Matric Scholarship Scheme to provide financial assistance to the poor and meritorious students. These scholarships will be given for minority communities to enable them to pursue school education without any burden.
Students belonging to minority communities such as Muslim / Sikh / Buddhist / Jain / Parsi (Zoroastrian) Christian studying in India only. Scholarship will be awarded to the students studying in classes I to X and who have secured not less than 50 percent marks in the previous final examination and an annual income of their parents / guardian does not exceed Rs. 1 lakh (from all sources).
The scholarships will be provided for the entire course. Candidates are required to apply online through website : https://www.scholarships.gov.in. Closing date for the submission of application form is 31st July, 2015.