Scholarship
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SL. NO | Name of the Scholarship Schemes | Name of the Funding Agencies | Eligibility Criteria |
1 | CSS-Post Matric Scholarship for ST Students of Nagaland | Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India | Eligible for:
a) ST students of Nagaland State (only) b) Students whose Parents/Guardians Annual income from all sources does not exceed Rs. 2,50,000/- (Rupees two lakh fifty thousand) only. c) Students who are pursuing Post Matric course of studies in recognised Colleges/Universities within India. |
2 | NEC Stipend and Book Grant under NEC Plan Scheme “Financial support to Students of North Eastern Region for Higher Professional courses”. | NEC, Shillong, Govt. of India | Eligible for:
a) ST & General Students of Nagaland State. b) ST Students who have secured 60% marks in the last qualifying final examination and 75% marks for students belonging to General Category. c) Students who are pursuing Higher Professional course of studies in the Courses which are approved by NEC. |
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Nagaland State Merit Scholarship | Nagaland Government | Eligible for:
a) ST & Indigenous students of Nagaland State who secured 1st Div. with 80% marks or equivalent grade in HSLC/HSSLC and 70% marks in Degree Final examination and are studying in recognised Colleges/Universities within India. b) To maintain consistent academic result or the required percentage of marks annually for renewal of Merit Scholarship until the completion of course. |
4 | Nagaland State Research Fellowship | Nagaland Government | Eligible for:
Research Scholars belonging to ST & Indigenous Category of Nagaland who are pursuing MPhil/PhD course in recognised Universities within India. |
Award of Scholarships: The Department had successfully implemented 4 (four) Scholarship schemes during the year 2015-16. Name of the Schemes /actual amount utilized and actual numbers of students benefitted are given below:
Sl. No. | Name of Scholarship Schemes | Actual Amount Utilized (Rupees in Lakhs) | Actual Number of Students awarded |
1 | CSS-Post Matric Scholarship for ST students of Nagaland |
Rs. 27,31,55,415/- |
43634 |
2 | NEC Stipend and Book Grant- Under NEC Plan Scheme “Financial support to Students of North Eastern Region for Higher Professional courses”. |
Rs. 21,88,800/- |
177 |
3 | Nagaland State Merit Scholarship | Rs. 5,44,24,170/- | 5464 |
4 | Nagaland State Research Fellowship |
Rs.13,98,500/- |
57 |
E-SCHOLARSHIP FORM:
In view of GOI, policy to make it mandatory for all States Government that are implementing the Centrally Sponsored Schemes– Post and Pre-Matric Scholarship Schemes to be on-boarded in the National Scholarship Portal (NSP 2.0) from 2016-17, the Department of Higher Education in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology & Communication and National Informatics Centre, Nagaland has made all possible effort to provide online scholarship application. The following schemes are online with effect from the academic session 2015-16.Therefore, it has been made mandatory for students of Nagaland State to apply online for the schemes mentioned below.
- Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post Matric Scholarship to ST students of Nagaland.
- Nagaland State Merit Scholarship.
- NEC Stipend and Book Grant.
Hostels Registered under the Directorate of Higher Education:
Sl. No. | DISTRICT | NO.OF REGISTERED HOSTEL |
1 | Kohima | 308 |
2 | Dimapur | 322 |
3 | Mokokchung | 39 |
4 | Phek | 8 |
5 | Zunheboto | 16 |
6 | Tuensang | 6 |
7 | Wokha | 8 |
8 | Kiphire | 2 |
9 | Mon | 2 |
10 | Longleng | 2 |
11 | Peren | 2 |
Total | 715 |