The YCMOU Scholarship Department releases an advertisement about the available scholarship in news papers as well as on the official website of YCMOU. The SSD is working hard enough to benefit students of every Scholarship Scheme to help them complete their higher education smoothly.
YCMOU Scholarships and Departments
The main Schemes offered by the YCMOU are as follows -
- Government of India Post Matric Scholarship
- Post Matric Scholarship to OBC Students
- Post Matric Scholarship to SBC Students
- Post Matric Scholarships to VJNT Students
- Raja Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Shikshak Shukla Shishyavrutti Yojana
The above mentioned schemes are monitored by different departments of YCMOU. They are as follows -
- Social Justice and Special Assistance Department
- Tribal Development Department
- OBC, SBC, VJNT and SBC Welfare Department
- Directorate of Higher Education
YCMOU Scholarship (Available)
Currently, there are numerous scholarships offered by the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University. These scholarships are usually offered for the following YCMOU Programmes.
| UG Programmes | PG Programmes |
|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts (BA) | Master of Arts (MA English) |
| BA (Mass Communication & Journalism) | Master of Computer Application (MCA) |
| Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) | Master of Commerce (M.Com) |
| Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) | Master of Library & Information (M.Lib) |
| Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) | M.Sc (Environment Science) |
| Bachelor of Library & Information Science (B.Lib) | Masters of Business Administration (MBA) |
| B.Ed Special Eduaction |
YCMOU National Service Scheme
Beginning in 2006, the University implemented the National Service Scheme (NSS). Among the National and State-level Open Universities, the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University is the first to be tasked with implementing the National Service Scheme.There are a total of 2700 NSS units in all the 8 regions and in the area of study Center and locality, activities are organized. The Government of Maharashtra grants the YCMOU for implementing various socially useful activities through National Service Scheme.
Main Activities of NSS
| Sr. No. | Main Activities of National Service Scheme |
|---|---|
| 1. | Raising enrollment of women in education and bringing them into main stream of education. |
| 2. | Creating social awareness, understanding in the society and making people take up collective efforts to resolve issues. |
| 3. | Developing leadership qualities and skills in students and making them capable of leading people for socially useful activities. |
| 4. | Creating awareness against social evils like dowry, superstations, use of tobacco & alcohol etc. |
| 5. | Developing personality of students with social orientation attitude & helpful nature. |
Other Activities
NSS also organises various activities in the regions based on social & economic conditions and the needs of local people. These conditions vary region and area wise and hence area & conditions based activities are given top priority. These main activities include the following -
| Sr. No. | Other Activities of NSS |
|---|---|
| 1. | Creation of awareness about importance of cleanliness & making people participate in cleanliness drive. |
| 2. | Women empowerement programmes, education of girls & women, prevention of child labour. |
| 3. | Protection of environment, plantation of trees, maintenance of water resources & protecting them for any kind of pollution, ban on use of plastics & adopt environment friendly life. |
| 4. | Blood donation camps, Eye donation camps & overall health awareness camps. |
