AICTE begins PMSSS registration 2022-23 for J-K, Ladakh students

Eligible students can apply for scholarships for engineering, medical, degree courses at aicte-jk-scholarship-gov-in.

PMSSS for Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh studentsPMSSS for Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh students

Vagisha Kaushik | July 19, 2022 | 11:40 AM IST

NEW DELHI: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has begun online registration for the Prime Minister Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) for Class 12 pass students of union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh for the academic year 2022-23. Eligible students can register on the official website – aicte-jk-scholarship-gov.in

AICTE issued an official notification wherein the details of eligibility criteria, courses, and others have been provided. According to the official notification, only those students who have passed Class 12 from Jammu and Kashmir board or the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board not earlier than 2020-21 or appeared in 2021-22 can apply for the scholarship.

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The scholarship will be provided for courses such as general degree, professional (engineering, nursing, pharmacy, hotel management, architecture etc.), and medical, Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) or equivalent.

Under the scholarship scheme, students will get different amounts of scholarship on the academic fee as well as hostel fee. In case of academic fee, for the general degree courses, students will get financial aid of Rs 30,000 per annum whereas for the professional courses, they will receive upto Rs 1.25 lakh per annum. For medical programmes, students will be provided upto Rs 3 lakh per annum.

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Students studying in any mentioned course will also get financial assistance upto Rs 1 lakh per annum on the hostel fee.

The scholarship scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help students of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh to pursue undergraduate studies in colleges outside the Union Territories.

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