CBSE Merit Scholarship Scheme for Single Girl Child 2025
Scholarship Amount
About This Scholarship
The CBSE Merit Scholarship Scheme for Single Girl Child 2025 is an initiative by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It aims to provide crucial financial assistance to single female children who have successfully passed their Class 10 examination from any CBSE-affiliated school.
This scholarship is designed to support meritorious single female students, who are the only children of their parents, in continuing their higher secondary education.
Selected students will receive monthly financial assistance of ₹1,000 for a maximum period of two years. The scholarship amount will be transferred directly to the selected girl students through ECS/NEFT.
The application deadline for this scheme is 23 October 2025. The selection of candidates will be based solely on their academic merit.
For any inquiries or further information, you can contact the Central Board of Secondary Education at their Delhi office:
• Shiksha Kendra, 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi • 110092
• Email ID: info.cbse@gov.in
• Enquiry Number: (011)-22509256, 22509257, 22509258, 22509259
More details and the application form can be accessed on the official website.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, an applicant must:
• Be an Indian national.
• Be a single female child.
• Have secured 70% or more marks in the first five subjects in the Class 10 examination.
• Be studying in Class 11 and 12 in a CBSE-affiliated school where the tuition fee is not more than ₹3,000 per month.
Note:
• NRI applicants of the Board are also eligible for the award.
• The tuition fee for NRI applicants has been decided at a maximum of ₹6,000 per month.
Required Documents
The following documents are required for the application:
• Duly filled and attested affidavit (original) by the first-class Judicial Magistrate/SDM/Executive Magistrate/Notary.
• Attested undertaking by the school principal where the student is currently studying.
How to Apply
Eligible applicants can apply by following these steps:
1. Click on the 'Apply Now' button.
2. Click on the 'Register' button and fill in the required details. (Note: If already registered, log in using your Gmail account, Mobile number, or Email ID).
3. Navigate to the 'Apply Online' tab in front of the 'Single Girl Child Scholarship • 2025 (Fresh Application)' option and click on it.
4. Enter the roll number and date of birth (as printed on your Class 10 grade sheet).
5. Fill in all the details carefully and submit the form.
6. Print the undertaking as provided in the 'Guidelines' document, fill it out, paste your photograph, and get it attested by your school.
7. Make an affidavit according to the format given in the 'Guidelines' document.
8. Click the 'Upload Document' option and upload the scanned documents as a single PDF file, not exceeding 1 MB in size.
9. Go to the 'Confirmation Page' option and generate the confirmation page.
Note:
• Only applicants who successfully apply and complete the entire application process will be redirected to generate a confirmation page.
• The PDF file for document upload should contain all required pages (in case of multiple pages) compiled into one single file.