Telangana Board Invites Applications for National Merit Scholarship 2024–25

Hyderabad: The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education invited applications for the National Merit Scholarship for the academic year 2024-25.

Applications, both new and renewal, will be accepted until October 31, 2024. This is an opportunity for students who have passed the Intermediate examination in 2024 and wish to apply for the scholarship for the first time.

This scholarship is part of the Ministry of Education's Central Sector Scholarship Scheme for College and University Students of National Scholarship, Government of India.

Additionally, students who have previously been selected for the National Scholarship can renew their applications.

Institutes have until November 15, 2024, to complete verification of applications by the Institute Nodal Officer (INO). Eligible students can apply online by visiting the official scholarship website at [scholarships.gov.in](http://scholarships.gov.in). The list of the top 20th percentile of provisionally selected candidates from the Intermediate Public Examinations 2024 can be found on the board's official website, tgbie.cgg.gov.in.

The distribution of the top 20th percentile candidates is as follows: General, OBC, SC, and ST categories have 59,355 candidates, with OBC having 32,392 candidates, SC 8,089 candidates, and ST 5,198 candidates.