National-means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) - renewal of application on NSP furnishing of the percentage of previous class due to non-conduct of SSC examinations in 2020 Instructions

Sub: National-means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) - renewal

of application on NSP furnishing of the percentage of previous

class due to non-conduct of SSC examinations in 2020

Instructions issued - Reg.

Ref: D.O. No. 17-1/2020-SS of Joint Secretary Ministry of Human

Resource Development Department Of School Education & Literacy

New Delhi, Dated: 13th August 2020.

ORDER:

The SSC Examinations 2020, have not been conducted due to COVID-19

situation and the Government have declared the students who have registered

for the examinations as passed without assigning any grades.

It has been informed in the reference cited that, for the renewal of the

application on NSP, the pass percentage of the previous class would be

required to continue the scholarship.

In the view of the above, it is instructed to inform all the headmasters

whose students are eligible to be sanctioned/renewal of the scholarships as per

the NMMS Scheme which was launched in 2008. It is informed in the reference

cited that the portal will be opened from 16-08-2020 by DBT mission, Cabinet

Secretariat for the new registration and renewal of the application for the year

2020-21.