Last date for State government’s post-matric scholarship scheme is May 31
The deadline for the State government's post-matric scholarship scheme has been extended to May 31. This scheme supports students from various disadvantaged backgrounds, and both colleges and candidates must register on the e-pass portal. Officials have noted a significant gap in registrations compared to the previous year, attributed to several technical and administrative issues.
- ▪The last date for the scholarship scheme is now May 31.
- ▪Over 10 million students have registered for the scheme so far.
- ▪There is a gap of 68,597 candidates compared to last year's registrations.
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The last date for the State government’s post-matric scholarship scheme, benefitting students belonging to SC, ST, BC, minorities, physically challenged, and economically backward class categories, has been extended to May 31.Both colleges and the candidates are required to register on the e-pass portal on telanganaepass.cgg.gov.in for processing of data for sanctioning of fresh and renewal scholarships.So far, according to Commissioner, Scheduled Castes Development Department, 10,20,688 students have registered as against the enrolment of 10,89,265 or a gap of 68,597 candidates compared to the previous year’s registrations.This, the officials observe, would be for reasons such as mismatch of Aadhaar, delay in SSC data with e-pass, technical reasons on the MeeSeva portal, and counselling…
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