Pre, post Matric scholarships extended till Aug 6

Hyderabad, July 31:: The last date for submission of application forms for Pre Matric and Post Matric Scholarships of the Central Government has been extended till August 6, 2011.

Minister for Minorities Welfare Mohammed Ahmadullah, in a media release, stated that this facility is extended on to those of the students who could not get the income certificate by July 31, and the students are advised to file applications online soon after obtaining income certificates.
He said that no further extension would be given in future.

All minority students should get a print out of their applications and submit it in the respective school/college, the minister said and added that the school/college will have to certify the certificates and submit all the applications in spiral binding form to the respective Executive Director by August 8.

Meanwhile Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh Minorities Finance Corporation APMFC Mohammed Ilyas Razvi, speaking to, said that so far 1, 92,391 students have applied for pre matric scholarships and 25, 720 have applied for post matric scholarships on line.

He advised all the headmasters and principals to submit all the applications duly certified and attested in a spiral binding by August 1 or 2. After August 2, the forms already submitted online will not be accepted, Dr Razvi cautioned.

–Agencies