By Avantika Sharma

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is inviting applications for the Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship (CSSS) for college and university students. Interested students can visit the national scholarship portal i.e., https://scholarships.gov.in/  to apply for CSSS.

Central Sector Scholarship Scheme for College and University Students is a centrally-funded merit-cum-means scholarship initiated by the Department of Higher Education of MHRD. Started with the objective to financially assist students of economically underprivileged families, the Central Sector Scholarship scheme disburses scholarships to 82,000 graduate/postgraduate students every year. This scholarship is given in equal proportion to boys and girls, i.e., 41,000 of the total number of scholarships are reserved for boys and the other 41,000 are for girl candidates. The selected students receive an annual scholarship amount of up to INR 20,000 so that they could meet their day-to-day expenses while pursuing higher studies.

According to the schedule released by CBSE, the last date for submission of online application for renewal and for fresh scholarship is October 31.

How to apply:

Step 1: Visit the official national scholarship portal — https://scholarships.gov.in/  

Step 2: On the home page, login by keying in the required credentials for renewal or fresh application.

Step 3: Fill in the form for the chosen scholarship (CSSS) with the asked personal and educational details.

Step 4: Review all the details and submit the application.

Step 5: Download and save the page for future reference.

Candidates should ensure there are no spelling or factual errors in their scholarship application, otherwise it will not be possible to change the details later. CBSE has advised all interested candidates to apply online within the given time and also get their applications verified by the institutions within the given time, otherwise the applications will be treated as invalid.

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