upGrade Vidya Shakti Scholarship 2024: Apply Online, Eligibility, Last Date

EdTech platform upgrade has launched a 100 percent upGrade Vidya Shakti Scholarship for women to pursue learning and employment opportunities. The candidates will be offered programs in data science and digital marketing discipline along with mentorship and coaching facilities. The Upgrade Vidya Shakti scholarship aims to upscale 15000 women across Bharat in the next three years. This scholarship is extremely important as there is a huge gap between the skills that girls have and their aspirations. Secondary and higher education has increased tremendously among girls in the last 15 years and paradoxically workforce participation has fallen, one reason being that school and college education does not meet market needs.

About upGrade Vidya Shakti Scholarship 2024

Upgrade Asia’s higher EdTech leader, in a remarkable move to support India’s women learners with the best education Avenue, launches 100% Vidya Shakti scholarship. upGrade Vidya Shakti Scholarship aims to offer quality higher education to 1st generation and tribal women learners, women from the armed forces and police force, female NGO workers, female journalists across tier 2 and lower cities, and female wards of defense and police personnel, along with blue-collared women candidates across Bharat. 

There is a significant gender disparity within the country especially when it comes to receiving higher education due to lack of opportunities or even social challenges. We want Indian women to flourish with equal opportunities if not more. Vidya Shakti scholarship is a sincere effort to make equal learning opportunities and reality for millions of women who are unaware of the opportunity is not given in the freedom to learn and grow as per their willingness.

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Key Highlights of Vidya Shakti Scholarship

Conducted by	EdTech and Upgrade
Name of Scholarship	Upgrade Vidya Shakti Scholarship
Objective	To encourage women’s pursue learning and employment opportunities
Benefits	100% Vidya Shakti Scholarship
Eligibility criteria	Only for women
Official Website	upGrade Vidya Shakti

Objective of upGrade Vidya Shakti Scholarship

The Scholarship aims to provide quality higher education to first-generation and tribal women learners, women from the armed force and police force, female NGO workers, female journalists across tier 2 and below cities, and female wards of defense and police personnel along with the blue collared women candidates across Bharat. The main effort is to make quality learning opportunities a reality for millions of women who are neither unaware of the opportunities nor given enough freedom to learn and grow as per their willingness. It is our responsibility to empower these women with the latest subject knowledge and skill-sets so that they can make informed career choices and attend economic independence.

Important Dates

• The last to apply under this scholarship is 15th October 2023.

Benefits of upGrade Scholarship

• Under the scholarship, the women get an opportunity to pursue higher education and upgrade their skills. 
• The scholarship will support India’s women learners with the best education Avenue by launching a 100% Vidya Shakti scholarship.
• The women get offered upgrade programs across data science and data marketing disciplines as per their preference along with 1:1 mentorship and coaching facilities which will help them to develop requisite domain knowledge and industry-driven skill sets at zero cost.
• The scholarship is designed to support women learners with the right job-ready skills and in-depth subject knowledge to also accelerate female employment within the country.
• The scholarship will help to fill the gap between the skills that girls have and their aspirations.
• The poorer girls, first-generation learners, will be able to get jobs they aspire to.

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant must be female.
• The application must be Indian.
• Tribal women, armed force, police force, female NGO workers, female journalists, female wards of defense and police personnel, and blue-collared women candidates across Bharat are eligible to apply under the scholarship.

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Application Procedure for Scholarship 2024

• The applicant first visits the Vidya Sakhti Website

• The homepage will appear on your screen where you have to click on the Vidya Shakti Scholarship button.

• The application page will appear on your screen where you have to click on the Register Now option
• On the new page, you have to enter your details and upload your required documents.
• After filling all the details the applicant should click on the submit button for final submission of the application form.

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