Organisation : e-Anudaan Department of Social Justice & Empowerment
Scheme Name : Free Coaching Scheme For SC And OBC Students (FCFSO)
Applicable State/UT : All India
Website : https://grants-msje.gov.in/ngo-login
What is MSJE Free Coaching Scheme?
Free Coaching Scheme For SC And OBC Students is a scheme for providing free coaching to students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) was started during 6thFive Year Plan. Similar schemes were also being implemented to provide free coaching to students belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Minorities.
Related / Similar Scheme : DOSJE Support For Marginalized Individuals For Livelihood & Enterprise Scheme (SMILE)
With a view to ensure effective implementation and monitoring and to assist the students in a better manner, the separate coaching schemes for SCs, OBCs and Minorities were amalgamated and a combined Scheme, namely, ‘Coaching and Allied Assistance for Weaker Sections’ including Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities.
Objectives of MSJE Free Coaching Scheme
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 examinations and succeed in obtaining an appropriate job in Public/Private Sector.
Courses Offered By MSJE Free Coaching Scheme
The courses for which the Coaching will be imparted shall be as follows:
i) 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);
ii) Group A and B examinations conducted by the State Public Service Commissions;
iii) Officers’ Grade examinations conducted by Banks, Insurance Companies and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs); Free Coaching Scheme for SC & OBC Students 2
iv) Premier Entrance Examinations for admission in (a) Engineering (eg. IIT-JEE), (b) Medical (eg.NEET), (c) Professional courses like Management (eg. CAT) and Law (eg. CLAT), and (d) Any other such disciplines as Ministry may decide from time to time.
v) Eligibility tests/examinations like SAT, GRE, GMAT and TOEFL.
vi) Entrance examination tests for CPL courses/ National Defence Academy and Combined Defence Services.
Eligibility Criteria of MSJE Free Coaching Scheme
(i) Only students belonging to SCs and OBCs having total family income from all sources of Rs.8.00 lakh or less per annum will be eligible for benefits under the Scheme. However, SC/OBC candidates belonging to a Minority community shall not be eligible under this scheme and can apply under the similar scheme of Ministry of Minority Affairs.Following guideline shall be followed for income certificate- Income declaration of self-employed parents/ guardian should be in the form of a certificate issued by Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar. Employed parents/guardians are required to obtain income certificate from their employer. Employed parents/ guardians should obtain consolidated certificate from Revenue Officer for any other additional source of income.
ii) The students must have secured the minimum marks in the qualifying examination of the competitive exam for which coaching is sought, as prescribed in the guidelines of the said competitive exam. However, if the student has still not appeared for the said qualifying examination, or if the student has appeared and the result has not been declared, the marks obtained in the Board/Degree exam just prior to the qualifying exam shall be taken into account. If the number of eligible applications received is more than the given slots, the selection will be done in the decreasing order of the marks obtained in the qualifying exams.
(iii) For the competitive exams for which the qualifying exam is class 12th, benefits under the scheme will be available to a candidate only if the candidate has passed class 12th or is studying in class 12th as on the date of receiving the benefit under the Free Coaching Scheme for SC & OBC Students 3 scheme. Further, in case of competitive exams for which the qualifying exam is at bachelor level, only students/candidates having completed the bachelor level course or studying in the final year of the bachelor degree course at the time of receiving the benefits under the scheme shall be eligible.
iv) For such examinations which are conducted in two parts, Preliminary and Mains, priority in the selection will be given to those students who have at least once qualified the preliminary examination.
v) 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 take in a particular competitive examination. The student will be required to submit an affidavit that he/she has not taken benefit more than twice under the Scheme.
How To Apply For MSJE Free Coaching Scheme?
i) The grant-in-aid will be in two parts – Fee and Stipend. The Fee Component will be paid to the Coaching Institutes directly and stipend will be paid through DBT into the accounts of the students directly.
(ii) Immediately after the signing of Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the institute, the institute will be provided with a unique code through which it will register on e-Anudaan Portal- grants-sje@nic.in/ngo-login along with the details of the student including his/her Name, Aadhar number, address, account details, caste certificate, income certificate, details of educational qualification w.r.t. the competitive exam, prescribed affidavits from student etc.
iii) Grant-in-aid will be released to the institutes concerned in twoinstallments every year as detailed in Para 9 (d) of this scheme. The first installment of fees will be released to the institutes immediately after their proposal is received on the e-Anudaan portal and the details are verified at Ministry level. The first installment of stipend shall also be released simultaneously to the students directly by the Ministry through the DBT mode.
iv) After the completion of the coaching , the institute will submit Utilisation Certificate (if due), details of expenditure made, complete audited accounts of the institute certified by a Chartered Accountant in respect of previous year’s funds, performance of previous years students (if applicable) and attendance details of the students during the coaching. After verifying all the details, the second installment of the coaching fee will be released to the institutes in reimbursement mode. The balance stipend will be paid to the students, as per their attendance, directly into their accounts through DBT.
v) The release of second instalment of funds will depend upon the satisfactory performance of the institute during the previous year as per the criteria fixed in the Annexure 2 of the Scheme.
vi) The grant-in-aid for the 2nd and 3rd year would be released to empanelled institutes only after receipt of due Utilization Certificate, list of students coached with the previous year’s grant, audited accounts in respect of previous year’s funds and performance of students coached during previous year.