Various Scholarships and Educational Concessions sanctioned by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, VikasBhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. at a glance.

Scholarships
Sl No
Name of Scholarships
 Eligibility criteria
1 National Merit Scholarship(NMS)
National Merit Scholarships scheme is being implemented since 1961-62. The objective of this scheme is to provide scholarship for Post Metric studies to the brilliant but poor students, so that they can pursue their studies in spite of their poverty
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2 State Merit Scholarships(SMS)
Scholarship under this scheme is available for studies in Kerala State only. This will be given for various recognised full time Arts & Science courses of study after matriculation. The awards under this scheme will be made to those who have passed the following Examination1.SSLC2.+2/equalent course3.BA/Bsc/BCom.
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3 District Merit Scholarships(DMS)
District Merit Scholarship is awarded to the first 15 rank holders in the SSLC examination in the state and the next 5 rank holders in each district. District Merit Scholarship is also awarded to 3 students who secure the highest marks in science subjects in each district and 2 students who secure highest marks in non- science subjects in each district in the Pre Degree/ equalent examination of April/ May District Merit Scholarship is also awarded to one student in science subjects and non science subjects in each district for Degree Examination of April/ MayNote:- Amendment if any to this rule will be informed in this site
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4 Merit Scholarship to the Children of School Teachers(MSCST)
Merit Scholarship to the Children of School Teachers is the scholarship, which allowed for the Children of Primary and Secondary school Teachers. The scholarship is given on merit cum means criteria The total number of scholarships is 41, out of these 38 scholarships are given to the children who passed the SSLC examination. The remaining 3 is given to the children who passed the +2/ other Post matric examinations.
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5 Hindi Scholarship
The main object of this scholarship is to encourage the study of Hindi in Non Hindi Speaking States. This scholarship will be given from class XI to Ph. D level for recognised fulltime courses of education for study of Hindi as one of the subject on the basis of the result of previous examination conducted by a board of education or a University or a Voluntary Hindi Organisation.
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6 Scholarship for the encouragement of Sanskrit Education.
This scholarship is intended to those who have passed the following examinations with Sanskrit as one of their subjects and who are pursuing their studies in Sanskrit in the Sanskrit Colleges at Thiruvananthapuram, Pattambi, Pavaratty and in Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit only
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7 Muslim Nadar Girls Scholarship in Colleges(MNS)
This scholarship was offered only to Muslim Nadar girls student up to 2006. From 2006 onwards it is offered to all Girl Students, whose annual parental income should not exceed Rs 18000/-
Value of Scholarship is Rs 125/- pa
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8  Music/Fine Arts Scholarships
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9 Scholarships to students outstanding in the field of Arts Revised Rule will be published later
10 Scholarships for proficiency in Sports Revised Rule will be published later
11 Jawaharlal Nehru University Scholarship
This Scholarship is offered to a Keralite student doing MPhil/Ph D in Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi. On the basis of the recommendation of the Jawaharlal Nehru University. The tenure of scholarship is 4 years and the scholarship amount is Rs 65600/-