Union Home Minister Amit Shah Distributes INR 116 Crores Scholarship to Grade 9 to 12 Students; Details
As a part of the scholarship programme, female students can receive up to INR 50,000 over a period of four years to support their education from grade 9 to 12.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has distributed INR 116 crore of scholarships to students of class 9 to 12 from government and government-aided schools under the Namo Laxmi and Namo Saraswati Vigyan Sadhana schemes.
Namo Laxmi Scholarship Scheme
The Namo Laxmi Scholarship scheme essentially focuses on reducing dropout rates of girls in their higher secondary education with scholarship benefits to over 1.1. million girl students across the Gujarat state. With the help of this scheme, girl students in Grades 9 and 10 receive INR 500 per month for 10 months and an additional INR 10,000 on clearing board examinations.
On the other hand, Grades 11 and 12 students are granted INR 750 per month for 10 months and an additional INR 15,000 on clearing board examinations. As a part of the scholarship programme, female students can receive up to INR 50,000 over a period of four years to support their education from grade 9 to 12.
Since the launch of the Namo Laxmi scheme, approximately a 6% increase in school enrollments has been observed for girl students in Grades 9 to 12 from the academic year 2023-2024 to 2024-2025.
Namo Saraswati Vigyan Sadhana Scholarship Scheme
The Namo Saraswati Vigyan Sadhana scheme aims to promote science education and provides INR 1,000 per month to over 2,50,000 students of Grades 11 and 12. The enrolment of students in science streams will be taken care of to develop a skilled technical workforce. The Namo Saraswati scholarship scheme has witnessed approximately a 10% increase in the percentage of students opting for science streams in classes 11 to 12.
Since June 2024, reportedly, INR 157 crore from budgeted expenditure of INR 1,250 crore has been disbursed for the Namo Laxmi scheme. On the other hand, INR 46 crore out of the budgeted INR 250 crore has been disbursed for the Namo Saraswati scheme.
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