Applications open for the NCPEDP Bajaj Finserv Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities
About
NCPEDP in partnership with Bajaj Finserv is launching a special scholarship project NCPEDP- Bajaj Finserv Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. This project is specifically crafted to provide financial support to 100 Students with Disabilities to continue their education and reach a certain level where they can be employable. The ratio of students from Secondary Education, Senior Secondary Education and Higher Education would be 30:30:40 and it will be 3 years of support (depending upon the needs and performance of scholars).
Conservative estimates put the population of persons with disabilities in India at 70-100 million. Yet, it is only a minuscule percentage of the population that has been seen in the mainstream of any aspect of life in the country; be it the workforce, education or anything else. Any study undertaken to determine the reason for this would point to one direction and that would be the lack of access.
The census 2011 confirms around 45% of the disabled population is illiterate. The dropout rate is so high that only 9% of students complete their secondary education, and only 62.9% of disabled people between the ages of 3 and 35 have ever attended regular schools. The reasons for this data are the ever-prevailing discrimination, inaccessible infrastructure and curriculum, lack of reasonable support, less equipped teachers and poverty etc.
Support for Students with Disabilities
Fees/ Assistive Devices/Transport Expenses (Upto 1 lakh, depending on the need and available budget) and the duration will be from 2022- 2025. Other key activities under the project will involve Capacity Building workshops for teachers, parents & students of concerned schools and colleges, research studies, focussed group discussions with stakeholders and advocating with relevant Governments.
NCPEDP for the purpose of providing scholarships won’t take any money for any use as the whole purpose of this project is to provide support to those students with disabilities who have no means of financial support or face other barriers while accessing their right to education.
Goal
In order to help students with disabilities to overcome financial barriers to education, NCPEDP in partnership with Bajaj Finserv is launching a special scholarship project NCPEDP- Bajaj Finserv Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. This project is specifically crafted to provide financial support to 100 Students with Disabilities to continue their education and reach a certain level where they can be employable. The ratio of students from Secondary Education, Senior Secondary Education and Higher Education would be 30:30:40 and it will be 3 years of support (depending upon the needs and performance of scholars). Application through a specified format will be accepted and NCPEDP’s aim would be to bring forward students from different disability backgrounds through a robust screening mechanism.
Application Forms
Send your applications on bfsp.ncpedp@gmail.com and for any queries call us on 91-7303944839
Our Impact
112
Total Students
76
Maharashtra
36
Uttar Pradesh
74
Male
38
Female
39
Physical Disability
58
Visual Disability
7
Hearing Disability
4
Blood Disorder
1
Intellectual Disability
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