| 1. E.B.C. free studentship to all students irrespective of caste & religion (income belowRS. 24000/- p.a.)
2. Freeships to the children of full-time Primary School Teachers in Maharashtra State. 3. Educational concessions to the children, wives and widows of the Defence Services Personnel and Freedom Fighters as per the Government of India rules. 4. Freeships to SC/ST student who are declared ineligible to SC/ST scholarships. 5. Freeships to the dependants of non-teaching staff working in primary /secondary school. Students eligible for being considered for the award may apply in the prescribed form for freeship / scholarship by the date notified for the purpose. The application must be complete in all respects and should be accompanied by the necessary certificates. SC/STand E.B.C. students who have been granted scholarship / freeships are required to maintain good progress and keep not less then 75% attendance during each of the term in order to qualify for the award / continuation of scholarship. |
Procedure for submission of Application Form for G.O.I. Scholarship For new admission in S.Y.B.Com. or T.Y.B.Com. class, the caution money and library deposit will be charged separately.
All SC/ST students have to apply for the above scholarship in the prescribed form available in the college office. the should collect the application form at the proper time from the college office, fill in and submit it to the college office completed in all respects by the stipulated dated. omission of any fact or facts or incorrect or false information furnished in the forms of the application for the above scholarship will render the applicant disqualified for the scholarship. students having a gap in the course of their education should invariable file an affidavit declaring what they did during the intervening period.
Students who were recipients of G.O.I. scholarship in the previous year and have passed the university / annual examination are required to submit an application for the renewal of the scholarships.
2) The Context: A large number of students are coming from poor economic back ground, and hence are unable to even pay their fees. Some of these students are even forced to work in order to support their families for survival, and are also first generation learners. Since It is the mission of the Institution to bring these students from the quagmire of poverty, all efforts are made to ensure students are provided with all the possible support to make them graduates and make them worthy citizens , help the cause of nation building. Students are provided with maximum possible financial aid from within and outside sources and efforts are made to pass this benefit to large number of students.
3) The Practice:Students are given notice in advance about the avenues and various schemes which are available to them for getting financial aid. Application forms along with income proof certificates & copies of other relevant documents are received and processed along with a personal interview of the students, before distributing the aid to the needy students. In some cases where the aid is not sufficient efforts are made to arrange financial aid from outside sources also.
4) Evidence of Success: Institution has always aimed at providing maximum possible support to the students. Many students have benefited from the efforts taken by the institution for providing financial aid and support, Which helped the students in their progression in higher studies and prevented them from discontinuing their studies due to want of funds.
The table below shows the funds arranged from various sources by the Institution as financial aid for the needy students. Students in our college are from lower economic sections coming from lower middle class and slum areas tike Madanpura,Kamathipura, Govandi , Kurla , Mumbra, Mira road etc. Most of these students also engage in petty jobs like working in mobile shops, leather units etc. to support their families. In such a scenario spending amounts on education is also difficult. Hence the college has a scheme to support such students known as Students Aid Fund(SAF) operational since 1980. A proper procedure is followed wherein forms are distribution to students and collected along with supporting documents like electricity bill, ration card , income proof etc. Then interviews one conducted by the SAF committee of the short listed students to verify the genuineness and accuracy of the applicants. After which financial aid is provided to the students in the form of remission of their college fees either in part or full. Girl students are given preference under this scheme since it is very difficult for girls to continue their education coming from orthodox and lower economical background. The benefit of this scheme is passed on to students from Junior, Degree as well as Professional section. The statistical data for the same is as below:
|
Year |
No. of Students Benefited |
Amount Disbursed (Rs.) |
|
2012-2013 |
25 |
1,04,855 |
|
2013-2014 |
23 |
99,795 |
|
2014-2015 |
24 |
1,46,910 |
|
2015-2016 |
40 |
1,86,420 |
|
2016-2017 |
44 |
3,19,613 |
The SAF committee also guides the students to get financial assistance from other charitable trusts and organisation. The committee also provides assistance to students to acquire free ship & scholarship benefits from Government minority benefit schemes etc.
5)Problems Encountered & Resources Required:Identifying those who are really in need of this facility due the family back ground becomes a huge challenge. Some of the students may be really very poor , so channelizing the resources to those who are desperately in need becomes a major problem as some times it may so happen that a slightly better off student may get the facility ahead of those who need it, but could not get the same. Arrangement of funds for distribution to large number of economically backward students is a major requirement in the endeavor of the college to help the needy students and make higher education available to all those who are interested.
2) The Context: A large number of students are coming from economically poor background, and hence are unable to even pay their fees. Some of these students are even forced to work in order to support their families for survival, and are also first generation learners. Since it is the mission of the Institution to bring these students from the quagmire of poverty, all efforts are made to ensure students are provided with all the possible support to make them graduates and help the cause of nation building. Book Bank scheme is unique in our Institution which is extended to a large number of students.
3) The Practice: The book bank scheme is executed through a book bank committee which ensures that maximum students are benefited through this scheme. Immediately after the admission at the beginning of the term, notices are issued asking the students to apply for the scheme. On receipt of the applications these application are scrutinized and books are distributed to the deserving & needy students after conducting personal interview of the students.
4) Evidence of Success: Over a period of time the Institutions has successfully increased the number of
Books which are distributed under the book bank scheme. More and more students have shown interest in availing the Facility and as such it has also contributed to the steady increase in the results of the college.
Most of the students come from poor economic backgrounds and are first generation learners, due to which they find it difficult to buy expensive text books to learn. Under this scheme a pool of books is created for all standards of college. Sets of text books are created for each class according to the subjects. The students can use the books for the entire semester/ year and then return the books to the library, which are used for next batch of students (subject to no change in syllabus) The details of students benefitted and books distribution during past 5 years is as below :
|
Year |
No. of Books |
No. of Students Benefited |
Value of Books(Rs.) |
|
2012-2013 |
1431 |
450 |
19,23,332 |
|
2013-2014 |
2869 |
577 |
20,94,662 |
|
2014-2015 |
6455 |
578 |
25,78,725 |
|
2015-2016 |
7136 |
405 |
26,94,130 |
|
2016-2017 |
6464 |
357 |
25,14,236 |
The cost benefit to each student is that a student has to spend nominal amounts of Rs. 250per annum as compared to Rs 2000 to 3000 for purchasing of text books.
5). Problems Encountered & Resources Required:
Identifying those who are really in need of this facility due the family back ground becomes a huge challenge. Some of the students may be really very poor , so channelizing the resources to those who are desperately in need becomes a major problem as some times it may so happen that a slightly better off student may get the facility ahead of those who need it, but could not get the same.
Arrangement of funds for procuring more number for distribution to large number of economically backward students is a major requirement in the endeavor of the college to help the needy students and make higher education available to all those who are interested.
