Tuition Fees and Examination Fees for VJNT Students, Maharashtra 2025-26
Scholarship Amount
About This Scholarship
Tuition Fees and Examination Fees for VJNT Students, Maharashtra 2025-26 is a significant opportunity provided by the VJNT, OBC, and SBC Welfare Department, Government of Maharashtra. This initiative aims to support students from the Vimukta Jatis & Nomadic Tribes (VJNT) category who are pursuing post-matric education, specifically from Class 11 and above. The primary goal is to provide essential financial aid to facilitate higher education for these eligible students.
The scholarship offers comprehensive financial support, including reimbursement for tuition, examination fees, and other admissible charges. The type of benefit awarded depends on the specific course of study:
• Freeship Benefits are provided to students enrolled in various professional courses, including:
• Health Science (Medical, Dental, Homeopathy, Unani, Ayurveda, Physiotherapy, Business Aid, Nursing)
• Engineering
• Pharmacology
• HMCT (Diploma and Degree)
• MBA/MMS
• MCA
• Scholarship Benefits are designated for students pursuing diplomas or degrees in specific agricultural and allied fields, such as:
• Agricultural colleges (diploma)
• Dairy Business Department (diploma)
• Colleges for Agricultural and Allied subjects (degree and postgraduate)
• Agriculture and Bio-Technology Colleges (degree and postgraduate)
• Agriculture and Food Technology Colleges (degree and postgraduate)
• 100% Benefits are specifically extended to students enrolled in D.Ed and B.Ed courses. For these courses, the fee structure for both aided and unaided institutions follows the government-prescribed rates.
This comprehensive support ensures that financial constraints do not hinder deserving VJNT students from achieving their educational aspirations in Maharashtra.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, an applicant must fulfill the following criteria:
• Be an Indian citizen.
• Be a domicile of Maharashtra.
• Belong to the Vimukta Jatis & Nomadic Tribes (VJNT) category.
• Be pursuing a government-approved course at the post-matric level (Class 11 and above) in a government, government-aided, or private institution.
• Have taken admission through the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) for professional courses.
• Have an annual family income of less than or equal to ₹8,00,000.
Important Notes regarding eligibility:
• Applicants must have been admitted to government, government-aided, private non-aided, or private permanently non-aided institutions for professional courses.
• Eligibility for freeship extends to applicants admitted through the Association of Managements of Unaided Private Medical and Dental Colleges entrance examination or through the government common entrance examination.
• Applicants admitted to deemed universities for professional courses are not eligible.
Required Documents
To complete the application for this scholarship, applicants are required to submit the following documents:
• Caste and income certificate issued by a competent authority.
• HSC or SSC marksheet, or the marksheet from the last examination completed.
• Gap certificate (This is not mandatory but required if there has been a gap in studies).
• Declaration certificate from parents/guardians regarding the number of children benefiting from similar schemes.
• Father's death certificate, if applicable.
• Caste validity certificate (required for professional courses, as per Government Resolution dated 31st July 2008).
• CAP Allotment Letter (mandatory for professional courses).
• Leaving certificate.
• Ration card.
How to Apply
Eligible applicants can apply for the scholarship by following these steps on the official website:
1. Access the official scholarship portal.
2. Click on the 'Register' button and proceed to fill in the required registration details. (Note: If you are already registered, log in using your Gmail/Mobile number/Email ID).
3. Navigate to the 'New Applicant Registration' button, located on the right-hand side of the dashboard, and click on it.
4. Fill in all the necessary details, verify your email and phone number, enter the captcha, and then click on the 'Register' button.
5. After successfully registering on the portal, click on the 'Applicant login' button, which is also on the right-hand side of the dashboard.
6. Log in using your registered username and password.
7. Proceed to fill in all remaining necessary details, upload the required documents, and finally, submit your application.