The Kerala Government has released the state government's MBBS-BPL scholarship renewal list. These scholarships have been granted to the students belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) category studying in private self-financed medical colleges in the state. Colleges in the state have been asked to verify the details of the students by February 8, 2021. The scholarship scheme has been renewed for 93 students who have cleared the first year exams for the year 2018-19. Those 93 candidates who had applied in 2017-18, have now been asked to verify their details in order to receive the scholarship.
The scholarship was constituted in 2017-18 for MBBS students belonging to BPL category, however, it was stopped after a petition was filed in the High Court. Days later, another ruling from the High Court allowed resuming the scholarship for BPL students who are studying in self-financed and private medical colleges.
CEE Kerala MBBS Scholarship For BPL Students
The students enrolled in private self-financed medical colleges in Kerala admitted through the Commissioner of Entrance Examination (CEE) Kerala are eligible for this scholarship.
Out of the total annual tuition fee, the BPL students who have been awarded the scholarships will have to pay only 10 per cent of the fee from their own resources and an amount equivalent to the balance fee will be awarded a scholarship. “The scholarship will be co-terminus with the normal duration of the MBBS course excluding the period of house surgeoncy as the house surgeons are provided a stipend,” read an official statement.
The BPL students who have been awarded the MBBS scholarship, the official notice says, have to serve the state for at least two years, including in Primary Health Centres, Family Health Centres, or in Community Health Centres either immediately after passing of the MBBS programme or the postgraduation programme.
The students enrolled in private self-financed medical colleges in Kerala admitted through the Commissioner of Entrance Examination (CEE) Kerala are eligible for this scholarship.
