The Department of Tribal Affairs (TAD) of Jammu and Kashmir has launched a first of its kind initiative for coaching meritorious and deserving tribal students preparing for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)/JEE for undergraduate professional courses, officials said. said on Tuesday.
The course fee will be sponsored by the department. The scholarship will also be awarded to the candidates who qualify the examination for selection to professional courses after coaching.
Secretary, Department of Tribal Affairs, Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary informed that in the first year of the scheme, 100 tribal students will be selected in government empaneled coaching institutes under two different sub-schemes, “Host-50” for hostel and under the “head”. -50” for other tribal meritorious students. plans are being implemented through education Branch of Tribal Research Institute.
The coaching fee for NEET in selected institutes will be sponsored by the department after verification of attendance and evaluation. In addition, candidates selected for courses like MBBS, BVSc and other vocational courses of AH, BDS, BAMS, BE, BTech and NEET are provided annual scholarships totaling Rs 70,000-75,000 for various professional courses totaling around Rs 4 lakh. Will go
Detailing the scheme, Deputy Director (Administration), TRI J&K, Dr Abdul Khabir said that under “TOP-50”, meritorious tribal students and 50 students with highest marks, more than 80 percentile in class-XII board Applications are invited for The exam will be selected for coaching, while under “Host-50”, the students enrolled in the hostels will be selected through a screening test.
The department has notified 50 per cent reservation for girl students under the hostel category, while 25 per cent seats in the top-50 scheme for NEET are reserved for girl students.
There is no income bar under the coaching scheme. Coaching will be given in the empaneled institutes at Jammu and Srinagar with the coaching fee notified by the government for the selected students to be sponsored by the department. Waiting list will also be maintained. Only online applications will be considered before the cut-off date by the department for the selection of students.
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