Review of Stipend Rules
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FAUJI FOUNDATION RULES FOR THE AWARD OF EDUCATIONAL STIPENDS (Effective From 01 October 2019) 1. Introduction a. Fauji Foundation awards educational stipends as assistance to ex-service personnel and their dependents (herein after referred to as beneficiaries) for the pursuit of education and training within Pakistan only. b. Beneficiaries. The Term “Beneficiaries” includes following for the grant of educational stipend: - (1) Released, retired and discharged personnel of the Regular Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Northern Light Infantry, Defence Services Guards and 10 Corps Mujahids) citizens of Pakistan, AJ&K & Northern Areas who served in Armed Forces for minimum 10 Years, up to the rank of Colonel (including deceased Brig). (2) Wives and widows (unless remarried) of 1b (1) above. (3) Sons and unmarried/divorced daughters of 1b (1) above. c. The condition of minimum 10 year service will be applicable to all ex-servicemen/women irrespective of their date of retirement. The condition, however, will not be applicable to the following categories:- (1) Individuals invalided out of service/medically boarded out of service on account of disability attributable/aggravated due to military service and in receipt of disability pension. (2) Short Voluntary Service (SVS) personnel and Short Service Engagement (SSE) personnel released from service on completion of their condition of enrolment. (3) Personnel discharged from service “Being Surplus to Establishment”. (4) Children of Shuhada. (5) Children of personnel who died during service. 2. Stipend Categories/Groups, Qualifications & Rates Category/ Group Qualification Stipend Rate (per annum) Group-I (Intermediate - 80 % and above marks in matric and Rs. 5,000.00 FA/FSc/DAE) 65% marks in intervening classes Group-II (Graduation) 80% and above marks in intermediate Government Private 4-5 Years Graduation study or equivalent class. Institutions Institutions Programme Rs. 25,000.00 Rs. 65,000.00 Group-III Cadet Colleges at Para 9 On promotion to next class upto Matric Rs. 8,000.00 (Pre-Matric) Group-IV (Special) a. Children of Shuhada/ Non merit based till class 10th Rs. 3,000.00 Deceased/ Disabled Personnel (class 1st – 10th ) b. Special/ Disabled Children On admission in class 1 onwards (irrespective of marks obtained, unless Rs. 6,000.00 they become eligible for Gp-II by obtaining 80% marks). Notes a. If a beneficiary student secures 79.50% to 79.99% marks in Board/ University exam, it may be rounded off as 80% for the purpose of grant of normal stipend. However, this will not be applicable in case of Group-II & FFMS/FF Colleges. b. Children fall in “Group-IV (Special) a.” after matric, they will be considered as per merit in respective groups”. 2 c. For institutions following CGPA system, if the conversion criteria is not provided by the institution then it will be considered as follows:- Grade GPA Marks A++ 4.75 95% & above A+ 4.50 90% to 94% A 4.25 85% to 89% B 4 80% to 84% d. 'O' level / 'A' Level. In case percentage of marks obtained is not given by the institution, then it will be considered as follows:- Grade 5 GPA Marks Grade 4 GPA Marks A++ 4.75 95% & above A++ 3.8 95% & above A+ 4.50 90% & above A+ 3.6 90% & above A 4.25 85% & above A 3.5 85% & above B 4 80% & above B 3.2 80% & above e. Stipend is awarded in advance for present regular class/year on the basis of previous class/year NOT on completion. 3. Eligibility a. The applicant must be a regular enrolled student of a government or recognized/ accredited institution. He/she will be eligible for stipend as under, subject to qualifications mentioned in Para 2 above:- (1) Class I to class X (Group-IV Special) (a) Children of Shuhada, deceased or disabled ex service personnel up to the rank of Colonel (including deceased Brig). (b) Special/Disabled children of ex-service personnel up to the rank of Colonel (including deceased Brig). (2) Cl XI onwards (Gp-I & II). (a) Gp-I – Children of all ex- service men less officers. (b) Gp-II – Children of all ex-servicemen up to the rank of Colonel (deceased Brig). (3) Special/disabled children will be awarded stipend on promotion to next higher class, irrespective of marks obtained. In case a special child is eligible for higher award in any other group, then he/she will awarded stipend according to rates in that group. Special/Disabled children studying in normal institutions will, however, forward Disability Certificate issued by District Disability Assessing Board or Fauji Foundation Hospital/Medical Centre. Disability certificate issued by a private medical practitioner will NOT be accepted. (4) Students will be eligible to apply for stipend in the classes they are studying, w.e.f the next day of SOS of their father/mother. (5) Maximum three children of a normal ex- serviceman will be awarded stipend in a session (in addition to Disable/Special children). However, there is no restriction for number of children in respect of Shuhada, disabled and deceased ex-serviceman). b. There is no age limit for un-married/divorced daughters, special/disabled children and for ex-service personnel themselves and their spouses. 4. In-eligibility. Applications in the following cases will be REJECTED / OBSERVED:- a. Court Martial cases, discharged from service being ill-disciplined/inefficiency (irrespective of service limit), dependents of Pak Rangers/Janbaz/Mujahid Force (Less 10 Corps Mujahids)/ Frontier Corps, Scouts/Army Postal Service, Recruits (other than para 1. c. (1) above), civilians paid out of defence estimates and East Pakistan Rifles. 3 b. Students studying in those classes of Dini Madaris for whom equivalence certificate has not been provided by the Ministry of Education/University Grants Commission/ Higher Education Commission. c. Applicants for Post Matric Group who have obtained less than 80% marks in the last final Board/ University examination. d. Stipend already availed for the same class applied for. e. Application pertaining to previous academic session. f. If duration of the course is less than one year. g. Form B/CNIC number differs from the previous record. h. Stipend application received in-complete in any respect and after the due date. i. If a student sends more than one application for the same session/ class, Fauji Foundation reserves the right to reject all the applications. j. Children of Senior Officers (Brigadiers & above) except deceased Brigadiers. k. Disciplinary cases debarred from receipt of either pension or gratuity. l. Voluntarily retiring before completion of 10 years of service. m. Invalided out, cause not attributable to military service. n. Discharged for not being found fit for further service prior to completion of 10 years of service. o. Students availed stipend of higher class/group previously and now applied for lower class/group p. Adopted children. q. Stipends are restricted to only THREE children of an ex-servicemen/women (in addition to invalid/special children) for all categories irrespective of date of retirement. However, there is no restriction for wards of Shuhada, Deceased and disabled ex- servicemen/women. r. Specialist Courses. s. Observed cases will be reprocessed after rectification of observation. 5. Incomplete/Observed Cases. Incomplete applications will be returned to the students concerned for correction. However, postal expenses will be borne by the beneficiaries. Efforts should be made to entertain the Observed Application within the session. However, if observed application is late due to genuine/valid reasons, should be carried forward in next session. 6. Bar on Dual Stipends. The applicant must not be in receipt of stipend/monetary aid from concerned Service Welfare Directorate. If so, he/she must surrender it before being eligible for Fauji Foundation Stipend. Otherwise the option to select either of the stipend/aid/scholarship would rest with the student (fee concession will not be treated as monetary aid). 7. Beneficiaries Studying in Fauji Foundation Model Schools/Colleges. Since the educational expenses of such beneficiaries are being heavily subsidized, hence they are not eligible for grant of stipend. However following categories of students will remain eligible:- a. Students securing 80% or above marks from class 10th onwards. b. Children of Shuhada, deceased or disabled ex-service personnel. c. Special/Disabled children of ex-service personnel. d. Children of ex-service personnel studying as civilians and paying full fee (certificate to this effect will be required). 8. Continuation of Stipend (Gp-II Graduation). a. After getting stipend in 1st year at full rate on the basis of FA/FSc results, student has to maintain following percentages of results in internal/ intervening classes to continue stipend in next years:- (1) 70% and above - 100% (2) 65 to 69.99% - 75% (3) 60 to 64.99% - 50% (4) Below 60% - Nil 4 b. For intervening classes, cumulative result of two semesters/annual examination will be considered and stipend awarded as per sliding scale given below:- Conversional System GPA System Stipend On the Scale of 4.00 On the Scale of 5.00 Amount (1) 70% & above 2.88 to 4.00 3.88 to 5.00 100 % (2) 65% to 69.9% 2.69 to 2.87 3.69 to 3.87 75 % (3) 60% to 64.9 % 2.50 to 2.68 3.50 to 3.68 50 % (4) Below 60% Below 2.50 Below 3.50 Ineligible c. Any other professional discipline (Degree level only) involving 4-5 years education is also included. 9. Stipend to Military Colleges/ Cadet Colleges. a. Students selected for approved Military/ Cadet Colleges in Pre-Matric classes will be given special incentive at the rate of Rs. 8000/- pa till they become eligible for stipend in respective groups vide Para 2 above.