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Nurture Merit:Needy students will be assisted financially to continue higher education. The assistance covers
college fees, exam fees and bus pass expenses (if applicable) .
Twenty districts of Karnataka and 3 districts of Maharashtra are covered under the program.
The assistance is given for Non-professional and Professional courses.
Qualifying criteria
for Non-Professional Courses (entry
level) :
Students passing
10th standard examination of March 2008
with a minimum of 60% of marks and who score above
60% in Nurture Merit Test conducted by Vidya Poshak will be eligible. For students passing out from PUC the eligible percentage of marks will be 60. In addition , the family income of the students should
not exceed 36,000/-per year.
Qualifying criteria
for Professional Courses :
For professional courses
like Engineering, Medical, MBA, MCA, etc., the eligibilty will be decided on the CET ranking and as per the CET cell policy. Please refer
the application form for details.
Identification of deserving student - A Unique Process:
Vidya Poshak has devised a
unique process to identify the deserving students. The Staff and authorised volunteers of Vidya Poshak visit the dwelling units of the
aspiring students to assess the financial need of the student. This process
ensures that only deserving students are supported and the
identification is not on the basis of mere documents.
Each student supported communicates with the concerned donor on a regular basis and appraises the donor about their academic progress. This instills a sense of
responsibility in students and transparency to
the donors.
Reporting System :
Students contact and communication details along with
detailed profiles will be sent to donors. Each
beneficiary’s progress will be monitored and reported back
to donors through out the support period.
For
Renewal Cases: All
those students who have received financial assistance in
earlier year, will continue to get financial support,
subject to good academic performance during their final annual examination.
Highlights for 2007-08 :
- Volunteers and staff together covered more than 5000 villages.
- Nurture Merit test conducted in 11 centers of 9 districts.
- So far, 11,700 students have been assisted with a sum of Rs. 4.29 crore.
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