Award of Attendance Scholarship to Girl Students in the Middle Stage of Education

The “Award of Attendance Scholarship to Girl Students in the Middle Stage of Education” was launched by the Department of Information & Publicity, Union Territory of Puducherry. The objective of the scheme is to raise the enrolment of girls in the schools between the age group of 11-14 years in the middle stage of education and also to avoid dropouts among girl students.

Benefits

Scholarship Amount: ₹200/- per annum per student.
Mode of Disbursement: Disbursed directly into Aadhaar-seeded bank account of the applicant through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

Eligibility

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 a Girl.
The applicant should be a Student.
The applicant should be in the age group of 11 to 14 years.
The applicant should be studying in a Government, Government Aided or a Government-recognized Private School in Puducherry.
The applicant should not belong to the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribes Category.
The applicant should have an annual family income of ₹75,000/- or below.
The applicant must have secured 97% (or above) attendance in the preceding year.

Application Process

Offline / Online: https://edistrict.py.gov.in/

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.
Step 3: Submit the duly filled and signed application form to the Head of the Institution of the respective school. The Heads of the Institutions then send the applications to the Directorate of School Education through Google Forms.