Noida: Of the 175 schools listed on the scholarship portal under the pre-matric scholarship scheme for Classes 9 and 10 in Gautam Budh Nagar, only around 60 were found to be active on the portal during a routine review, education department officials said.Similarly, only about 55 of the 133 schools listed under the post-matric scholarship scheme for Classes 11 and 12 were found to be active. Officials also found duplicate logins for some institutions.The discrepancies emerged during a review of the master data by the district social welfare officer. The district education department has now directed schools to verify their entries and submit documents and details related to inactive institutions and duplicate logins to the district social welfare office within three days.District inspector of schools Chandra Shekhar said, “There are a large number of schools in the master data where discrepancies have been found. A thorough verification of the data will now be carried out and inactive schools and duplicate entries will be identified and removed.”Officials said cleaning the master data was necessary as scholarship programmes are monitored at the state and district levels, with district performance also assessed through dashboards. A large number of inactive or duplicate entries could affect the district’s ranking.The department has also flagged schools that have not uploaded details of eligible students on the scholarship portal. Officials said delays in uploading student data could affect the timely disbursement of scholarship benefits.Shekhar said schools that fail to upload the required data within the deadline would face action. “If schools are unable to fill or submit the required student data, the principals and headmasters concerned will be held responsible and action will be taken as per rules,” he said.The administration has also directed officials to ensure that eligible students are not denied scholarship benefits because of negligence by schools.
