Goa Social Welfare Scholarship For Differently Abled Persons

Name of the Organisation : Department of Social Welfare, Government of Goa (goasocialwelfare.com)
Name of the Scholarship : Government Scholarship For Differently Abled Persons
Location : Goa

Website : http://www.goasocialwelfare.com/disabled.htm#

The Scheme for Scholarship for Differently Abled Persons :
The Government of Goa is hereby pleased to frame a scheme of Scholarship for Differently Abled Persons as follows, namely :
1.Object :-
The objectives of the scheme of Scholarship for the Differently Abled Persons is to assist them to ensure such education, academic, technical or professional training which would enable them to earn a living and to become useful members of the society.

2.Scope :-
The scheme will be applicable to all categories of the Differently Abled Persons viz. the Visually Disabled, Speech and Hearing Impaired and the Orthopaedically Disabled, Mentally Retarded Persons.

3.Definition of Differently Abled Persons :-
Differently Abled Persons mean persons suffering from not less than forty percent of any disability as certified by Medical Board.

4.Medical Board :-
Means the Medical Board constituted by the Government, vide Government Notification No. 13/140/87-PHD dated 20-7-1988 and such other Medical Boards constituted by the Government from time to time.

Eligibility Requirements :-
(1) A Differently Abled Person who is a resident of Goa by birth or by a continuous domicile of 15 years in Goa my apply for Scholarship under this Scheme.

(ii) Scholarship will be provided to all categories of Differently Abled Persons.

(iii)(a) Educational Requirements :
A Differently Abled student will be eligible for the award for Scholarship for study from Ninth Standard onwards. The candidate should have secured at least 45 % marks at the previous annual examination.

(b) Music Course :-
A Differently Abled Person should be undertaking a vocational training course in any vocational training center / workshop / ITI or any other center run by the Central / State Government / Local body or any voluntary organization or institution recognized by Central / State Government.

(iv) Income :- No Scholarship will be admissible if the combined income of the patents / guardians of the candidate is more than Rs.1,20,000/- (Rupees one lakh twenty thousand only). (A Certificate to this effect will have to be submitted in Appendix – VII). The Income Certificate issued by Competent Authority shall be valid for three years for the purpose of this scheme.

(V) Other Requirements :-
(a) Course :- A Differently Abled Person must be studying a full time course or correspondence course in an educational institution affiliated to a Board / University. Music Course in an institution affiliated to a University or an organization approved by the State or Central Government or as trainee in a recognized institution or commercial / industrial establishment approved by the Central / State Government in this regards.
(b) A Differently Abled Person who under any scheme of the Central/State Government has received craft training free of cost, or undergone a course of general education free of cost will be eligible for consideration for scholarship for higher technical training or higher education. The student who wants to go in for academic
(c) A Differently Abled Person who is in receipt of assistance for free boarding and lodging facilities from any Voluntary or State source will be eligible for the scholarship as applicable to the day scholar, provided he or she had paid tuition fees.

6.Rates of Scholarship :- The rates of Scholarship for different courses of study are as follows:
(i) (a) Std IX to XII – Rs.300/-p.m.
(b) B.A./B.Com./B.Sc. – Rs.400/-p.m.
(c) M.A./M.Com/M.Sc. and other Professional courses – Rs.500/-p.m.

(ii) In the case of Visually Disabled candidates reader’s allowance shall be paid if it is certified by the head of the institution / establishment that candidate has employed a reader during the period the allowance is claimed as follows.
(i) (a) Std IX to XII – Rs.75/-p.m.
(b) B.A./B.Com./B.Sc. – Rs.115/-p.m.
(c) M.A./M.Com/M.Sc. and other Professional courses – Rs.150/-p.m.

7.Tenure of Scholarship :-
(i) The scholarship will be tenable for a particular stage of study and is renewable from year to year within the stage of education and it will depend on promotion to the next class.
(ii) In the case of the Differently Abled student stays in hostel, he / she shall be paid additional allowance as follows subject to the Certificate issued by Head of the Institution / hostel warden certifying her stay in Hostel during the period of the allowance is claim.
(a) Std IX to XII – Rs.200/-p.m.
(b) B.A./B.Com./B.Sc. – Rs.270/-p.m.
(c) M.A./M.Com/M.Sc. and other Professional courses – Rs.360/-p.m.

8. Mode of applying :-
Application should be made to the Director of Social Welfare in the prescribed form ( Appendix I ) through the head of the institution where the candidate is admitted as a student.

9. Documents required :-
(i) Disability Certificate issued by Medical Board.
(ii) Income Certificate.
(iii) Statement of Marks obtained during the previous annual examination duly attested by Gazetted Officer.
(iv) Recommendation by the Head of Institution in which the candidate is studying.
(v) Resident Certificate.

10. Award of Scholarship :-
(a) Every selected candidate shall be informed of the course for which scholarship has been awarded through the head of the Institution / Establishment/ Voluntary Organization.
(b) The decision of the Director of Social Welfare in regard to the selection or rejection of the application shall be final.

11.Payment :-
(a) The payment of scholarship will start from the month in which admission is taken and will be payable up to the month of examination / conclusion of training.
(b) One academic year shall be taken as 11 months.

The payment of scholarship shall be remitted by means of a Demand Draft to the Head of the institution / establishment who shall disburse it to the scholar at suitable intervals as may be specified and obtain scholar’s acquittance and the progress report, further scholarship will be drawn and remitted. In no circumstances should the payment to the scholar exceed a month’s scholarship at a time except where it relates to the past period.

12. Cancellation / Withholding of scholarship :-
(i) A scholarship shall be cancelled or withheld for a particular period which could be extended if a candidate fails to pass in an annual examination or if the progress continues to be unsatisfactory or if the conduct is found to be unsatisfactory which in the opinion of the Department of Social Welfare, the same will amount for cancellation of scholarship.
(ii) Furnishing incorrect information or suppressing material facts will automatically entail cancellation of scholarship besides other action being taken.
(iii) Every student shall abide by such rules as may be prescribed by the head of the establishment. Failure to do so will render him/ her liable to discharge at the discretion of the head of the establishment. His/Her decision in this regard shall be final. No scholarship payment shall be made from the date to discharge from the establishment.

13. Extension of Scholarship :-
The Director of Social Welfare may at his discretion, extend scholarship for such period as it considers fit to cover and extension of the period of study / training of the candidate caused by failure in an examination provided that the candidate’s failure is due to circumstances beyond control. Such extension shall normally be made on the advice of the head of the institution / establishment where the scholar / trainee is studying / working.

14.Other Conditions :-
(a) The Government may at its discretion, relax the education and other qualification and any other conditions of this schemes for good and sufficient reasons.
(b) The Government reserves the right to amend the rules without notice.
(c) These shall supersede the earlier schemes framed by the Government for Grant of Scholarships to the Differently Abled Persons.

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