Assam's fee waiver scheme Pragyan Bharti for free admission will continue this year

However, the scheme is not valid for those students whose parents are working in the state government or the central government. Students will have to submit an undertaking stating that either of their parents is not working with the state or central government.

The Assam government has announced that its fee waiver scheme Pragyan Bharti for free admission will continue for the academic year 2021-22. Under Assam's Pragyan Bharti scheme, all students whose parental incomes are less than 2 lakh will get free admission in Higher Secondary, Degree and MA, MSc, and MCom courses.

The Assam Higher Education Department also announced that HS and BA, BSc, BCom students who have already availed of the fee waiver scheme earlier can also apply for their second and third-year admission. Final year students of MA, MSc, and MCom can also take advantage of the scheme.

However, the scheme is not valid for those students whose parents are working in the state government or the central government. Students will have to submit an undertaking stating that either of their parents is not working with the state or central government.

Students’ parental income should be less than two lakh for eligibility for this scheme. Students must note that if they have less than 75 per cent of attendance they will not be allowed to avail the benefits of the scheme. 

The private colleges, universities, and Central Universities situated in Assam will not be providing the benefits to the students under the Pragyan Bharti scheme.

Check the list of government institutes that provide benefits under the Pragyan Bharti scheme are:

• Gauhati University, Guwahati
• Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh
• Bodoland University, Kokrajhar.
• Cotton University, Guwahati
• Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit & Ancient Studies University, Nalbari.
• Women’s University, Jorhat
• Bhattadev University, Bajali
• Rabindranath Tagore University, Hojai
• Madhabdev university, Lakhimpur
• Majuli University of Culture, Majuli
• Sati Sadhini Raijyik Viswavidyalaya

In order to avail of the benefits under this scheme, students will have to submit their income certificate from the local revenue circle officer only. The Director Of Higher Education will check the certificates submitted by the students

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