CBSE Central Sector Scholarship 2024: Application for CBSE scholarship starts, meritorious students should apply by this date

Applications for CBSE Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship have started. You can find all the details related to this in this article...

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CBSE Central Sector Scholarship 2024: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in collaboration with the Department of Higher Education has started applications for the Central Sector Scheme of Scholarships for college and university students. The objective of this scholarship scheme is to financially assist meritorious students for higher studies.

Students can apply for this scheme through the National Scholarship Portal scholarships.gov.in. Applications for this scholarship scheme can be made till 31 October 2024. 

Who can apply

- Students who have scored more than 80 percent marks in the 12th board examination.

- The annual income of the student's family should be less than Rs 4.5 lakh.

- This scholarship scheme is open to students pursuing regular graduate or postgraduate programs.

- Under this scholarship, both new applicants and already availing candidates (through renewal) will get benefit.

How much financial help will be given-

- Selected students will get financial help of Rs 12,000 per year for the first 3 years of their studies.

- The amount of scholarship will be increased to 20 thousand for the fourth and fifth year.