Port Blair, Sept. 7: The State wise quota of grant-in-aid as well as scholarship for the year 2012-13 for girl students belonging to Minorities (i.e. Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs & Parsis) has been announced by Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF), New Delhi.

The Foundation promotes and assists meritorious girl students belonging to national minorities who cannot continue their education without financial support. Scholarship will be admissible for expenditure on payment of school/ college fee, purchase of syllabus books, purchase of stationary/ equipments required for the course & payment of boarding/ lodging charges.

The Foundation also proposes to provide financial assistance to NGOs as grant-in-aid for school building/ hostels and purchase of sciences/ computer lab equipments/ furniture for institutions belonging to educationally backward minorities.

The details and application forms for seeking grant-in-aid & scholarships are available at the website www.maef.nic.in which can be downloaded/photocopied freely for use. The application for grant-in-aid & scholarship may be sent directly to MAEF, New Delhi alongwith supporting documents latest by 30/09/2012.