Award of Pre-Matric Scholarship to Other Economically Backward Class (OEBC) Students

Rate of Scholarship

For standards 6 to 8: ₹50 per month per student (₹500 per year per student).

For standards 9 & 10: ₹75 per month per student (₹750 per year per student).

• For ten months in an academic year.

Mode of Disbursement

The amount is disbursed directly into the Aadhaar-seeded bank account of the applicant through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

The applicant should be a citizen of India.

The applicant should be a native of the Union Territory of Puducherry by birth or by continuous residence for not less than five years.

The applicant should be studying from standard 6 to 10 and should have secured promotion to the next higher class.

The applicant should belong to the Other Economically Backward Class (OEBC).

The family income of the applicant should not exceed ₹75,000 per annum.

Offline

Online

Step 1: The interested applicant should take print of the prescribed format of the application form.

Step 2: In the application form, fill in all the mandatory fields, paste the passport-sized photograph (signed across, if required), and attach copies of all the mandatory documents (self-attest, if required).

Step 3: The interested applicant should visit the Head of the Institution of his/her respective school and submit the duly filled and signed application form and the documents. The Heads of the Institutions then send the applications to the Directorate of School Education through Google Forms.

Nativity/Citizenship/Residential Certificate, issued by the Officer of the Revenue Department not below the rank of a Deputy Tahsildar.

Income Certificate.

Birth Certificate.

Stamp-sized Photograph.

Aadhaar Card.

Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) Certificate.

Public Information Certificate (PIC).