Scholarship - Department of Higher Education

5.6 Period for which the Scholarship may be drawn:Scholarship may be drawn only for the period stated below:—(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)Days of attendance;Sundays, sanctioned holidays and vacations;Days of absence without leave, if shown to be unavoidable , not exceeding tenworking days in a calendar month;Days of sick leave not exceeding ten working days at one time or not thirty workingdays in the school year;Days of ordinary leave, granted by the head of the institution, for not more than tenworking days at one time, or not for more than 14 working days in the school year. Ifthe period of absence exceeds the number of working days admissible, thescholarship shall not be payable for any part of such period of absence. In case of thegirls, scholarship may be drawn for absence for double the period given in (c),(d) &(e);To the close of the month in which a public examination takes place, for which ascholar is sent up by the Head of the Institution;Days of transit, up to the limit of one week, on the transfer of a scholarship from oneinstitution to another not situated in the same town. Matriculation and SeniorSecondary Scholarship can be drawn up to the end of the year, in which the holderhas appeared in the prescribed examination and without attendance after suchappearance if permitted to be absent by the Head of the Institution and middle schoolscholarship can be drawn up to the end of March of the year in which the holder hasappeared 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 itsaward or if the scholar dies; if the scholar is absent without leave for ten consecutive school dayswith ordinary leave for more than one month, or with sick leave for more than three months at onetime; or if the scholar, on transfer from one school to another, fails to join second institution withinfourteen days of leaving the former institution or if the scholar ceases to attend a school at whichthe scholarship is tenable or to read the course for which it is granted and not otherwise, exceptwhen 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 ofattendance on the part of the scholar and in that case the Head of the Institution shallensure that payment of such scholarship is discontinued to a scholar as it standsforfeited.(ii) A scholar who has not appeared in the annual examination due to shortage ofattendance 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 HigherEducation.5.9 Certificates to accompany bills for Scholarship:A certificate in the following terms signed by the Head of the Institution shall accompany allbills for scholarships: