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scholarship when the latter is awarded for proficiency in the same specific object and not on
the general results of the examination
5.6 Period for which the Scholarship may be drawn
Scholarship may be drawn only for the period stated below:-
(a) Days of attendance;
(b) Sundays, sanctioned holidays and vacations;
(c) Days of absence without leave, if shown to be unavoidable , not exceeding ten working
days in a calendar month;
(d) Days of sick leave not exceeding ten working days at one time or not thirty working
days in the school year;
(e) Days of ordinary leave, granted by the head of the institution, for not more than ten
working days at one time, or not for more than 14 working days in the school year. If
the period of absence exceeds the number of working days admissible, the scholarship
shall not be payable for any part of such period of absence. In case of the girls,
scholarship may be drawn for absence for double the period given in (c), (d) & (e);
(f) To the close of the month in which a public examination takes place, for which a
scholar is sent up by the Head of the Institution;
(g) Days of transit, up to the limit of one week, on the transfer of a scholarship from one
institution to another not situated in the same town. Matriculation and Senior
Secondary Scholarship can be drawn up to the end of the year, in which the holder has
appeared in the prescribed examination and without attendance after such appearance if
permitted to be absent by the Head of the Institution and middle school scholarship can
be drawn up to the end of March of the year in which the holder has appeared in the
prescribed middle School Examination.
5.7 Lapse of Scholarship
A Scholarship shall lapse if it is not taken up in the school classes within a month of its award
or if the scholar dies; if the scholar is absent without leave for ten consecutive school days with
ordinary leave for more than one month, or with sick leave for more than three months at one
time; or if the scholar, on transfer from one school to another, fails to join second institution
within fourteen days of leaving the former institution or if the scholar ceases to attend a school
at which the scholarship is tenable or to read the course for which it is granted and not
otherwise, except when the awarding authority, is satisfied that the delay was unavoidable.
5.8 Forfeiture of Scholarship
(i) A Scholarship shall be forfeited for gross misconduct, laziness, or irregularity of
attendance on the part of the scholar and in that case the Head of the Institution shall
ensure that payment of such scholarship is discontinued to a scholar as it stands
forfeited.
(ii) A scholar who has not appeared in the annual examination due to shortage of
attendance or otherwise will be debarred for payment of scholarship.
(iii) The reasons for lapse or forfeiture shall in all cases be stated.
(iv) The lapse or forfeiture of a scholarship shall be reported to the Director of Higher
Education.