The National Children‟s Fund (NCF), set up in 1979, raises funds from individuals, institutions, corporates and others for the welfare and development of programme for children. It has limited funds because of which it is not implementing a large-scale country-wide grant-in-aid programme.
The mandate of NCF is to develop children to their potential and in this direction NCF provides financial assistance to arrest the discontinuation of education of talented and meritorious children of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) due to economic hardship, by providing scholarship support for pursuing their academic goals, leading to an improved quality of life in future.
The Child Care Institutions (CCI) both in public domain and privately - run provide care and protection to orphans, abandoned, lost and found children, and those in distress. In order to provide an opportunity to talented and meritorious children from these Institutions to pursue their academic goals through education & training towards their overall development and thereby preparing them for gainful employment and thus leading to quality life, they may be assisted by a system of providing scholarship through a faster and efficient disposal of applications and timely payment of the same.
The country has about 2300 registered CCIs which cater to approximately more than 80,000 children. These children are enrolled at various levels in the Government and Non-Government schools. Unnati scholarships are provided for children studying in class 9-12, till attaining the age of 18 years or on completion of 12th Class, whichever is earlier. 100 scholarship will be provided each in class 9-12 (total 400 scholarships – merit-wise in a year per class).
The objective of the scheme are as follows.
Category of Class/ Course | Amount (Rs.) |
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Class IX & X | Rs. 700/- p.m. per child (Child will receive Rs. 16,800 on completing X class) |
Class XI and XII | Rs. 800/- p.m. per child (Child will receive Rs. 19,200 on completing XII class) |
For the complete details and the application formats, click here
Source : National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development
Last Modified : 3/2/2020
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