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Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA)

Achievement under Free Coaching for SC & OBC students (FCS)

  • Since 2014-15 till date, Central Assistance amounting to Rs. 109.79 Cr released to nearly 19995 SC and OBC students under the Scheme to provide coaching of good quality for economically disadvantaged Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) candidates to enable them to appear in competitive examinations and succeed in obtaining an appropriate job in Public/Private Sector.

Achievement under Top Class Scholarship scheme for SCs (TCS)

  • Since 2014-15 till date, Central Assistance amounting to Rs. 399.15 Cr released to nearly 21988 SC students under the Scheme. The Scheme will cover SC students for pursuing studies beyond 12th class. The scholarship, once awarded, will continue till the completion of the course, subject to satisfactory performance of the student.

Achievement under National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for SC students (NOS)

  • Since 2014-15 till date, Central Assistance amounting to Rs. 222.24 Cr released to nearly 950 selected students from Scheduled Castes; Denotified, Nomadic & Semi – Nomadic Tribes; landless agricultural laborers and traditional artisan categories, for pursuing Masters and PhD level courses abroad.
  • Achievement under National Fellowship for SC students (NFSC)
  • The department has been running Central Sector Scheme of “Grant-in-Aid to Voluntary and other Organizations working for Scheduled Castes” under which financial assistance is provided to the NGOs for projects related to Education sector to Scheduled Caste students.
  • The Scheme broadly covers 3 types of projects namely (i) Residential Schools (ii) Non-Residential Schools and (iii) Hostels, both for Primary and Secondary Students. The scheme has been revised w.e.f 2022-23 as Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA) and a new component under Mode-I has been added to the Scheme, under which every year a specified number of meritorious SC students in the country will be selected for quality residential education in top-class residential High Schools through a nation-wide entrance test conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA).
  • The objective of SHRESHTA is to enhance the reach of development Intervention of the Government and to fill the gap in service deficient SCs dominant areas, in the sector of education through the efforts of grant-in-aid institutions (run by NGOs) and residential high schools offering high quality education and to provide environment for socio economic upliftment and overall development of the Scheduled Castes (SCs). The Scheme is further modified to provide easier access to the bright SC students in the best schools in the Country, thereby securing their future opportunities.
  • Since 2014-15 till date, Central Assistance amounting to Rs. 457.22 Cr released to nearly 3.18 Lakh students under the Scheme.
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