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Government launches SHRESHTA Scheme for quality education

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  • Published
    6th Jun, 2022

Context

The Union Government has launched the SHRESHTA Scheme for promoting residential education in High schools in Targeted Areas.

What is the SHRESHTA Scheme?

  • The scheme ‘SHRESHTA’ was created with the goal of providing quality education and opportunity to students of SC Category.
  • Under the scheme, the Government will provide high-quality education for meritorious but poor SC students in CBSE-affiliated residential schools across the country. 
  • Objective: The scheme aims to provide high-quality education for meritorious but poor Scheduled Castes(SC) students in CBSE-affiliated reputed residential schools across the country. 

Eligibility

  • The students belonging to Scheduled Castes studying in class 8th and 10th in the current academic year are eligible for availing of the benefits of the scheme.
    • Students must belong to the marginalized income groups within the SC community.
    • Parental annual income must be less than Rs.2.5 Lakh annually.

Selection Process

  • Students are selected through a transparent mechanism through a National Entrance Test for SHRESHTA (NETS). 
    • The test is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission in classes 9th and 11th.
  • Successful candidates, after following the e-counselling process, are given admission to the school of their choice anywhere in the country for their academic persuasion.
  • The Government will bear the total cost of the school fee and hostel charges till the completion of class 12th.

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