The Attendance Scholarship to Scheduled Caste Primary Girl Students is a Punjab state scheme run by the Government of Punjab’s Department of School Education. It pays Rs. 50 a month to eligible SC girls in primary classes, for 10 months in a year. Schools do most of the work: they upload each eligible girl’s details, and the money goes into the student’s bank account after district checks.
The department’s circulars page lists guidelines for this scheme dated 2021 and a circular on attendance scholarships for SC students dated 14 September 2022. I could not find an official notice with 2026-27 dates. Some private websites publish 2026-27 dates for this scheme, but they are not official, so this page does not rely on them. Check with your daughter’s school before you plan around it.
What you get
The scholarship is Rs. 50 a month for each student, for 10 months in a year. That adds up to Rs. 500 a year. The guidelines describe one rate for all eligible girls, so there is no table. The amount is paid into the student’s bank account.
Who can apply
- A girl from a Scheduled Caste.
- A domicile of Punjab State.
- Studying in primary classes. The guidelines use this phrase and do not give a class range.
- At least 75% class attendance. The guidelines call this a minimum.
- Parents or guardians who do not own more than five acres of land.
- Parents or guardians who are not income tax payees.
Girls whose parents own more than five acres, or who pay income tax, do not qualify. Girls below the 75% attendance mark do not qualify either. The guidelines do not set a rupee income limit, a minimum mark or an age limit.
How to apply
The guidelines describe the school doing the upload. They do not describe a separate student application form. Ask your daughter’s school head whether her details are on the ePunjab portal for this session.
- During each academic session, the school uploads the data of each eligible girl on the ePunjab portal, by October or November as per the schedule.
- The school head checks the conditions, approves the entry online and forwards it to the District Education Officer.
- The District Education Officer approves the entry online and forwards it to the State Head Office. The State then transfers the amount to the district account.
- Before paying a student, the District Education Officer checks the 75% attendance condition, then pays the amount into the student’s bank account.
Documents you need
A handwritten note on the scanned copies of the circular lists these documents:
- Copy of Aadhaar
- Income certificate
- Domicile certificate
- Caste certificate
- Copy of the bank account
- Attendance details, kept on record by the school
How students are selected
The guidelines do not rank students or set a cut-off. A girl who meets the conditions is awarded the scholarship. The school checks the entry, and the District Education Officer verifies the 75% attendance before any payment.
Renewal
The guidelines do not describe a separate renewal form. In each academic session, schools upload the data of each eligible girl again. So your daughter needs to be entered in each session’s upload and still meet the conditions. The sources I read do not say whether an award carries over automatically.
Important dates
- Guidelines for this scheme are dated 28 June 2021, listed on the department’s circulars page as Guidelines of Attendance Scholarship to SC Primary Girls Scheme.
- A circular regarding attendance scholarship to SC students is dated 14 September 2022.
- For academic session 2020-21, the 75% attendance condition was waived because of Covid-19.
- For 2026-27, the official sources I could read do not publish a last date. Schools upload each session’s data till October or November, as per the schedule.
