Archive · 22 Aug 2026
MP Scholarship Delay Leaves 3.5 Lakh Students Awaiting Funds
About 3.5 lakh students in Madhya Pradesh have not received scholarship money for almost two years.
Many of the students are from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities.
Some students attend government schools, while others attend private schools through the Right to Education Act.
The money could not be sent because some bank-account details were wrong or missing.
The education department has asked officials to correct the information.
Parents often have to visit banks to update their children’s accounts.
This is difficult for families who live far from the bank or outside their district.
Until the details are fixed, the scholarship payments remain pending.
Around 3.5 lakh Madhya Pradesh school students have awaited scholarships for nearly two years.
The affected group includes about 2.66 lakh government-school students and 77,000 RTE private-school students.
Many payments are stalled because student bank-account details are incorrect or incomplete.
The School Education Department has ordered officials to update the affected students’ bank information.
Indore has the highest reported number of affected students, at 22,859, followed by Rewa and Dhar.
- Who
- Around 3.5 lakh school students in Madhya Pradesh, including SC and ST students and children in private schools under the RTE Act.
- What
- Scholarship payments for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic sessions have been delayed because of incorrect or incomplete bank-account details.
- When
- The students have been waiting for nearly two years; the affected sessions are 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- Where
- Across Madhya Pradesh, with affected students reported in districts including Indore, Rewa, Dhar, Jabalpur, Sagar and Bhopal.
- Why
- Scholarships could not be credited when students’ bank-account information was incorrect or incomplete.
- Students affected
- Around 3.5 lakh
- Government-school students
- Approximately 2.66 lakh
- RTE private-school students
- Nearly 77,000
- Academic sessions
- 2023-24 and 2024-25
- Highest-affected district
- Indore, with 22,859 students
- SC scholarship example
- SC girls in Classes 1 to 5 receive Rs 250 annually
- Merit incentive
- The Dr APJ Abdul Kalam scheme provides Rs 5,000 annually to eligible economically weaker Class 12 students