With a view of making education more affordable the Government of Andhra Pradesh has been coming up with many scholarship schemes and recently it has announced the AP YSR Vidya Jyothi scheme for the year 2019 and 2020. Further in this article today we have provided every key detail about the AP YSR Vidyajyothi Scheme. The scholarship scheme is announced by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh state that is Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy. In this article, we have discussed eligibility criteria, the application process, documents required and also all the other details about the scheme.
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Andhra Pradesh YSR Vidya Jyothi Scheme
The Andhra Pradesh Government YSR Vidya Jyothi scheme was announced with the view of making education affordable for all students from Class 5th to Class 12th. The scholarship scheme tends to help the students with fees by providing an incentive of upto Rupees 2000. The scheme was announced by the Department of Tribal Welfare. This scheme will be implemented in rural areas mainly. Although as announced in the official notification of the scheme the main beneficiaries under the scholarship schemes will be from the gurukuls or the government school residing in the state.
Benefits Of The Scheme
As we all know that there are many benefits of the scholarship scheme that are being come up through different departments in our country. Some of the benefits of scholarship schemes like the AP YSR Vidyajyothi scheme are given below:-
- The first and foremost benefit is that the scholarship schemes help the students to carry on their education without any burden of fees.
- The second benefit of the scholarship scheme is that the school students get the urge to study with the greed of scholarship.
- The scholarship incentive helps the students in many ways because many of the students are not able to pay their fees and through the incentive they pay their fees very easily.
- Some of the scholarship schemes also provide extra incentives for higher education which proves to be a great asset in terms of students.
Incentives In AP YSR Vidyajyothi Scheme
Different incentives are promised under different categories of students for the AP YSR Vidya Jyoti scholarship:-
- Class 5th to 8th – Students studying in 5th to 8th class in the day scholars’ schools will get incentive as follows –
- Girls – Rs 1500
- Boys – Rs1000
- Class 9th to 10th – Students studying in 9th and 10 students residing in the hostels will get Rs 4500 per annum.
- Class 9th to 10th – Students studying in 9th and 10 students residing day scholars Rs 2,250 scholarship will be paid.
Eligibility For The Scholarship
To be eligible for the scholarship students must go through the following eligibility criteria given below:-
- Only the applicants belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes Backward Caste and Other Backward Caste are eligible to apply for the scholarship scheme.
- The annual income of the household must not exceed Rupees 2 lacs from all the sources.
- People who are especially abled are also allowed to take part in the scholarship.
How To Apply For AP YSR Vidyajyothi Scheme
To apply for the AP YSR Vidyajyothi Scheme you need to follow the simple steps given below:-
- First, visit this official website given
- When you land on the homepage, click on Pre Matric scholarship.
- When you click on the link, a web page will appear.
- Click on Apply Online.
- The application form will display on your screen.
- Submit all the relevant details asked in the application form and click on submit
- After you have successfully submitted your application form, your school principal will do the verification check.
- Thus, if you are a verified student you will be able to gain the benefit of the scholarship.