Panaji : 1st August, 2018 … The Government is implementing a scheme titled “Merit Based Award”. The objective of the scheme is to motivate students by giving merit based Award based on the benchmark of the performance and to provide financial incentive to high performing students who are economically weak. The scheme is implemented through the Directorate of Social Welfare.
Applications are invited from Dhangar students who have passed Std Xth and XIIth examination during the year 2017 and who fulfill eligibility criteria mentioned below:
a) Students securing marks in the range (between 50% to 59.99%) will be given a financial award of Rs.5000/-, b) Students securing marks in the range (between 60% to 69.99%) will be given a financial award of Rs.8000/-, c) Students securing marks in the range (between 70% to 74.99%) will be given a financial award of Rs.10,000/-, and Students securing 75% marks and above will be given a financial award of Rs.15000/-.
Under the scheme, the annual family income of Dhangar students shall not exceed Rs.2 lakhs, amongst Dhangar students the first five rank holders of SSC, first five rank holders of HSSC Board exams (separately for all the streams of Science, Commerce, Arts and Vocational) will be felicitated at a public function.
The eligible applicant should submit the application by August 31, 2018 to the Office of the Directorate of Social Welfare, Panaji-Goa.
For further inquiry contact Assistant Director (WDA), Tel. No. 0832-2232257, 2223784, Fax No. (0832-2228172), email: socialwelfaregoa@rediffmail.com.
