Course Overview

Free Coaching Scheme for SC, BC & ST Students: Central Sector Scheme of Free Coaching for SC and … financial help to societies related to SC & BC Welfare

‘Central Sector Scheme of Free Coaching for SC and OBC Students’ (Effective from 1.8.2012)

A scheme for providing free coaching to students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) was started during 6th Five Year Plan by Government of India. After that a combined Scheme, namely Coaching and Allied Assistance for Weaker Sections including Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities was introduced in September, 2001 and all state are following the central scheme to provide free coaching to the students preparing for various state and central bodies exams residing in their respective states and belongs to Scheduled Castes, Backward, Other Backward Classes and Minorities.

Objective:

The objective of the Scheme is to provide coaching of good quality for economically disadvantaged Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) candidates to enable them to appear in Competitive examination and succeed in obtaining an appropriate job in Public/Private sector.

The courses for which the Coaching will be imparted shall be as follows:

1. Group A and B examinations conducted by the State Public Service Commissions;
2. Group A and B examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) and the various Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs);
3. Professional courses like Management (eg. CAT) and Law (eg. CLAT) and
4. Officers’ Grade examinations conducted by Banks, Insurance Companies and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) iv) Premier Entrance Examinations for admission in (i) Engineering (eg. IIT-JEE & AIEEE),(ii) Medical (eg. AIPMT),
5. Finishing courses/Job oriented courses for employment in the private sector like IT, Bio-technology etc. in need of soft skill and other professional courses specified by the Government from time to time.
6. Such other disciplines, Ministry may decide from time to time.

Implementing Agencies:

The Scheme will be implemented through the reputed institutions/centres run by the

1. i) Registered private institutions/NGOs.
2. Central Government/State Governments/UT Administrations/PSUs/autonomous bodies under Central/State Governments;
3. ii) Universities (both Central and State including the Deemed Universities in the private sector) and,

Eligibility

• Only students belonging to SCs and OBCs having total family income of Rs.3.00 lakh per annum will be eligible under the scheme;
• The students should be selected based on merit prepared on the basis of marks obtained by them in the qualifying examinations for appearing in the relevant competitive examinations for which coaching is to be imparted;

• Benefits under the scheme can be availed by a particular student not more than twice, irrespective of the number of chances; he/she may be entitled to in a particular competitive examination. The coaching institution will also be required to take an affidavit from the students that they have not taken benefit more than twice under the scheme.

Selection of Reputed Institutions

i) The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India and Welfare of department for SC and BC of states will invite the proposals from the implementing agencies, in prescribed Form – I.

ii) Central/State Governments, Central/State Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies under Central/State Governments and Central / State Universities may submit their proposals directly to the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

iii) Registered private institutions/NGOs may submit their proposals through respective State Govt./ U.T. Administration.

Under this scheme and collaboration with Government of Haryana. Tagore I tutor provided free online coaching to the students of Haryana preparing for HTET exams in the year 2018,  It was first time that Welfare of Schedule Caste and Backward Classes Department, Government of Haryana had started free online Coaching for the students. In that initiative we had given free online coaching to more than 25000 students successfully.