An Evaluation of Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Other Backward Classes in India

Educational empowerment of the weaker sections has been the priority of government for their mainstreaming in development and governance. Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs and Minorities are included in the weaker sections of the society. In order to provide them due share in educational institutions and government services, reservations has been given to them besides introducing educational and economic empowerment programmes and schemes for their overall empowerment and development. Post Matric Scholarship Scheme has been launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India for attaining higher education by OBC students. The scheme has no doubt impacted on the educational empowerment of weaker sections students besides their overall preparation and attaining higher education however; constraints and drawbacks in effective implementation of the scheme are reported. In view of the above, the present study has been carried out to examine the functioning and performance of central sector scheme and suggesting a roadmap for effective functioning of the scheme and achieving desired result.  It is expected  that the book will be highly useful in understanding  of the functioning of the Post Matric Scholarship  Scheme  and evolving the roadmap for  improving the performance of the scheme as well as  achieving the desired results of the scheme. 

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