{"id":93097,"date":"2017-04-14T19:28:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=93097"},"modified":"2017-04-14T19:28:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:28:49","slug":"national-means-cum-merit-scholarship-beneficial-8th-class-students-vijay-garg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/93097","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;National Means-cum-Merit  scholarship&#8217; is beneficial for 8th class students-  Vijay Garg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amritsar, April 13 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; The Centre Sponsored Scheme \u201cNational Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)\u201d is beneficial for 8th class students which was \u00a0launched in May, 2008.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91070\" style=\"width: 307px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-91070\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Vijay-Garg-Malout.jpg\" alt=\"A\" width=\"307\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Vijay-Garg-Malout.jpg 414w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Vijay-Garg-Malout-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The objective of the scheme is to award scholarships to meritorious students of economically weaker sections to arrest their drop out at class VIII and encourage them to continue the study at secondary stage. Scholarship of Rs. 6000\/- per annum (Rs.500\/- per month) per student is awarded to selected students every year for study in classes from IX to XII in State Government, Government aided and local body schools. There is quota of scholarships for different states\/UTs. Students whose parental income from all sources is not more than Rs. 1,50,000\/- are eligible to avail the scholarships. Vijay garg Also told that There is reservation as per State Government norms. The selection of student&#8217;s award of the scholarships is made through an examination conducted by the State Governments. Scholarships are disbursed by the State Bank of India directly into the bank accounts of students on quarterly basis.The students studying in \u201cKendriya Vidalayas and \u201cJawahar Vavodaya Vidlayas\u201d are not entitled to get scholarship under this scheme. Similarly, those students studying in Residential Schools run by the State Government Institutions, where facilities like boarding, lodging and education are provided and students studying in private schools are also not eligible for the scholarship under this scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amritsar, April 13 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; The Centre Sponsored Scheme \u201cNational Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)\u201d is beneficial for 8th class students which was \u00a0launched in May, 2008. 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