National Merit Scholarship Deadline Extended to Jan 19

Hyderabad: The Board of Intermediate Education has announced an extension of the deadline to January 19 to submit fresh and renewal applications for the national merit scholarships under the Central Sector Scholarship Scheme for college and university students.

This extension applies to students who have passed the Intermediate Public Examination (IPE) 2025 as well as those renewing their scholarship applications for 2024-25. Additionally, the deadline for verification of applications by institute nodal officers (INO) has been set as January 23.

Applicants are required to submit their forms online through the official portal at scholarships.gov.in. The list of the top 20th percentile of provisionally selected candidates from IPE 2024, is available on the TGBIE’s official website.

The Ministry of Education said that students who missed applying for renewal of their scholarships in previous years may apply for renewal if they meet the eligibility criteria for 2024-25. The National Informatics Centre will generate and send OTR IDs to the registered mobile numbers of eligible candidates.