A total of 18,404 students have registered in ‘Mukhya Mantri Medhavi Vidyarthi Yojana’. Registrations are being made under the scheme constantly. The process of getting the students’ fee amount approved is being undertaken by the Technical Education Department currently.
The benefit of ‘Mukhya Mantri Medhavi Vidyarthi Yojana’ will be availed by students securing 75 per cent or more in 12th Board examinations conducted by Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education and students securing 85 per cent or more in 12th Board examinations conducted by CBSE/ICSE. The income of the student’s parents should be less than `6 lakh. The student’s aadhar number is also must.
Students obtaining up to 50,000 rank in the Engineering-JEE mains examinations would also be given assistance for admission to Government or non-Government engineering college. Entire fees of Government college (excluding Mess fee and caution money) will be given. In private college, Government will bear 1.5 lakh or actual fees (excluding mess fee and caution incorporated by fee committee).
Benefit of the Yojana can be availed on taking admission for MBBS in any private medical college of Madhya Pradesh or any Government medical college of the State or Centre through Medical-National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). State Government will bear the entire fees of Government Medical College and charges of private college.
Minister of State for Technical Education (Independent Charge) Deepak Joshi told that students from Government Medical College will be bound to work in rural areas for two years. They will have to fill a bond of `10 lakh. For Private college students, the period will be 5 years and bond amount will be `25 lakh.The entire fees of the course undertaken in any National law University after Class 12th through law-ClAT will be borne by the Government.
Entire fees of all courses of BSc, BA, BCom, Nursing, Polytechnic and graduation level of all State Government colleges will be borne by the Government. The entire fees of students from Government institutes will be given in the institute’s account. In private institutes, the fees will be deposited in the students’ accounts. The scheme will be implemented through portal scholarshipportal.mp.nic.in.