Applications are invited for Azim Premji Scholarship for Class 12 Passed Girl Students. The last date of application is September 30, 2024.
The Azim Premji Foundation is a not-for profit organisation that has been working since 2000 with the elementary education system in rural government schools to improve educational quality across the country. The Foundation’s vision is to contribute towards a more just, equitable, humane, and sustainable society.
The Azim Premji Scholarship is part of Azim Premji Foundation’s commitment to improving quality and equity of education in India. The scholarship seeks to support girl students from disadvantaged backgrounds in their pursuit of college education.
Access to education becomes increasingly difficult when a student, especially a girl, moves from primary to secondary schooling, and even more so in higher education. The reasons are many, ranging from distance to institutions, social mores and financial constraints.
The Azim Premji Scholarship seeks to help address the matter of financial constraints that girls face in accessing college education.
All girl students from Madhya Pradesh, select districts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, or Itki block, Ranchi, Jharkhand, who:
Interested students can apply online via this link.
The last date of application is September 30, 2024.