SHRESHTA SCHEME

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment SHRESHTA SCHEME

Posted On: 01 APR 2026 4:22PM by PIB Delhi The number of students admitted and the number of participating schools/institutions across States/Union territories under Mode-I and Mode-II of the Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA), for the period from 2023-24 to 2025-26, are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

The Schedule Caste students having an annual family income up to 2.5 lakh and passed out of the classes VIII and X in the academic year immediately preceding the year of admission may appear in the National Entrance Test for SHRESHTA (NETS) examination for admission in class IX and XI respectively.

Allocation of seats in private residential schools is carried out through web-based counseling on the basis of merit in NETS and the preferences exercised by the candidates during counseling.

Under Mode-I of SHRESHTA, financial assistance is provided towards tuition, hostel facilities and other support services for students admitted in Classes IX and XI till completion of education till Class XII. The class-wise amount of financial assistance provided per student per annum is as under:

Sr. No. Class Amount (in Rs.)

1. IX 1,00,000

2. X 1,10,000

3. XI 1,25,000

4. XII 1,35,000 In addition, if required, an amount up to 10% of the annual fee is provided separately for undertaking bridge courses.

Annexure-I Details of number of students admitted under SHRESHTA Scheme, State/UT-wise from 2023-24 to 2025-26 :-S. State/UTs Number of students No.

2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Mode-I Mode-II Mode-I Mode-II Mode-I Mode-II 1 Andhra Pradesh 438 509 682 472 807 500 2 Bihar 115 - 112 - 86 - 3 Chhattisgarh 231 - 324 - 361 - 4 Gujarat 29 - 31 98 36 100 5 Haryana 293 - 668 92 1039 100 6 Himachal Pradesh 56 - 72 - 82 - 7 Jharkhand 60 - 72 - 36 - 8 Karnataka 45 1115 69 1054 90 1358 9 Kerala 278 - 272 - 261 - 10 Madhya Pradesh 267 280 295 175 331 400 11 Maharashtra 120 2862 127 1624 88 3395 12 Orissa 128 1094 90 578 84 1187 13 Punjab 39 - 44 - 25 - 14 Rajasthan 783 1616 1263 1448 1540 1400 15 Tamil Nadu 292 - 312 - 267 - 16 Telangana 53 108 32 100 8 125 17 Uttar Pradesh 830 2881 1373 1920 1516 3149 18 Uttarakhand 53 131 60 100 48 100 19 West Bengal 10 308 4 168 4 56020 NCT of Delhi - 752 - 542 - 489 21 A & N Island 2 - 1 - 1 - 22 Puducherry 8 - 4 - 3 - 23 Assam 5 - 3 - 3 - 24 Manipur - 25 - - - 175 Total 4135 11681 5910 8371 6716 13038 Annexure-II Details of participating schools/institutions under SHRESHTA Scheme, State/UT-wise from 2023-24 to 2025-26:- Sr.No. State/UT 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Number Number of Number Number of Number Number of institutions institutions of institutions of of (Mode-II) (Mode-II) schools (Mode-II) schools schools (Mode- (Mode- (Mode- I) I) I) 1 Andhra 8 6 11 5 11 5 Pradesh 2 Bihar 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 Chhattisgarh 7 - 8 - 9 - 4 Gujarat 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 Haryana 15 1 11 1 21 1 6 Himachal 4 - 4 - 3 - Pradesh 7 Jharkhand 4 - 3 - 2 -8 Karnataka 1 13 2 14 2 14 9 Kerala 11 - 9 - 8 - 10 Madhya 12 5 11 3 13 3 Pradesh 11 Maharashtra 5 38 4 37 2 34 12 Orissa 6 12 4 11 3 11 13 Punjab 3 - 4 - 2 - 14 Rajasthan 25 15 31 15 40 15 15 Tamil Nadu 16 2 14 2 11 2 16 Telangana 1 2 0 2 - 2 18 Uttar 17 22 19 22 23 22 Pradesh 19 Uttarakhand 3 1 5 1 4 1 20 West Bengal - 5 - 5 - 5 21 NCT of - 5 - 5 - 5 Delhi 22 A & N - - - - - - Island 23 Puducherry - - - - - - 24 Assam - 6 - 6 - 6 25 Manipur - 1 - 1 - 1 26 Meghalaya - 2 - 2 - 2 Total 144 137 145 133 158 130 This information is given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Ramdas Athawale, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.***** SM/HK (Release ID: 2247766) Visitor Counter : 177

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