Organization : Directorate of Higher Education
Scheme Name : Fee Waiver Scheme For SC/ST Students
Applicable States/UTs : Goa
Website : https://dhe.goa.gov.in/
Scheme Details : https://www.statusin.in/uploads/21528-Scheme.pdf
Fee Waiver Scheme For SC/ST Students:
Due to several historical reasons, the children belonging to SC and ST Category find it difficult to reach to the corridors of the institutions of higher and technical education. This Scheme is framed in order to provide free access to every SC/ST student, to the institutions of higher learning.
Eligibility For Providing Fee Waiver:
a) Any student seeking fee waiver under the Scheme should have been born in Goa or resident of Goa for at least last fifteen years.
b) He/She must have passed his/her qualifying examination from any of the institutions located in Goa.
c) He/she should have been belonging to SC/ST community of Goa
Commencement of the Scheme:
The Scheme shall come into operation from academic year 201112. Those of the students who are enrolled for First Year of their degree/PG Courses are entitled to the benefits under the Scheme
Amount of Fee Waiver:
The amount of fee waiver provided to the eligible students shall consist of Tuition fees, Library fees, Laboratory fees and Development fees, if any. All other charges and fees would be borne by the concerned student
Application Procedure :
** Applications under the Scheme shall be submitted in the format attached at Annexure ‘A’ at the time of admissions.
** The Scheme would be managed by the Directorate of Higher Education for undergraduate and PG Courses of General Education and by Directorate of Technical Education for the courses of Technical Education.
Services :
The following functions/schemes are carried out/implemented by the directorate :
1. Release of Grants to Goa University :
The grants are released to Goa University on various items of expenditure to carry out ongoing infrastructure development projects in the University campus and also new projects/schemes.
2. Establishment of Government Colleges :
The State Government have five Government Colleges at the degree level in faculty of Arts, Science and Commerce and Home Science with an aim to encourage the degree colleges coming up in remote areas of the state so as to promote Higher Education, in the backward areas.
3. Recurring Grants to Non-Government Colleges :
The non-Government Colleges are paid grants to meet its recurring expenditure as per the Pattern of Assistance.
About Us :
The Directorate of Higher Education was established in the year 1996. On establishing it, the College Cell existing in the Directorate of Education was transferred under the Directorate of Higher Education.
The Directorate of Higher Education is looking after the administrative matters, disbursement of salary and non-salary grants relating to six Government Colleges, twenty Non-Government Aided Colleges and the Goa University.
The idea of establishing this Directorate is to provide a single window to service the requirements of the Government as well as Non-Government Aided Colleges