Odisha Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana

Scheme Introduction: A Brief Overview

• How good it is when someone appreciates your work and rewards you, not only to keep you motivated but also to inspire others to improve their performance.
• In 2022, with an aim to improve the education system from the block level to district level, the Odisha government started an initiative called the "Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana".
• In layman term the scheme is also pronounced as "Mukhyamantri Shikhya Puraskar".
• Under the scheme, the state government rewards students, teachers, headmasters, institutions, schools, blocks, administrative units, and many others for their excellent contribution to the education industry.
• The Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana aims to encourage them to perform better and to motivate others as well.
• Every year, the government will provide cash and scholarships to over 50,000 students, 1000 teachers, schools, alumni, institutions, and more.
• However, the awards and scholarships will only be provided to those who fulfil the eligibility criteria outlined in the scheme's guidelines.
• The benefits under the Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana will be provided at state, district, and block levels.
• If someone is shortlisted for the state level, they will not be considered for other levels.
• The reward provided under the scheme will be credited to the beneficiaries bank accounts, or as specified for each category.
• The award under the Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana is basically divided into two categories; such as; Individual Awards and Institutional awards.
• Individual awards will be given to students, officials, HMs, teachers and community members, in the form of cash and scholarships.
• Whereas institutional awards will be provided to administrative units, chiefly in the form of cash and recognition.
• For Academic Award, students will be selected based on their 10th Result, while other categories will be selected based on the Rubric.
• In each rubric, the institution or individual will be tested on a variety of parameters.
• Each parameters will be of different marks, and a list who score maximum marks be prepared.
• The Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana application form will be filled online, as per the direction of Mo School/TE&SCERT.
• In case more than one individual or institutions secure the same scores as per the rubrics, ties will be resolved based on the suggested method.
• Individual awards under the Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana will be credited via DBT mode in the respective bank account.
• Institutional award winners need to open an SB account in the name of "Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar" to receive the award money, which will be managed by the designated officials.
• Institutions must utilize the funds as per the guideline issued by the Odisha Govt Financial rules and income tax rules 2022.
• A maximum of 60% funds can be utilize by the institutions for civil and construction related matters.

Scheme Benefits

• Under the Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana, the government provides cash and scholarship mainly in two categories i.e. individuals and institutions.
  • Each category has a different selection process and cash award.
• Based on the individual or institution category, they are entitled for following benefits : -
  

  Individual Award	Selection Process	Level	Number of students	Amount
  Student Academic Award	10 Result	State	100	50,000
  		District	3000	10,000
  		Block	31400	5,000
  Student Leadership Award	Student Leadership Rubric	Male	8311	3,000
  		Female	8807	3,000
  Student Merit cum Scholarship Award	10th Board Result (NFSA/SFSA)	All schools	2000	50,000
  Teacher Award	Secondary Teacher Rubric	State	70	40,000
  	Secondary Teacher Rubric (Pro Rata)	District	630	25,000
  	Elementary Rubric	Block	314	25,000
  		MC	05	25,000
  Headmaster Award (HM)	Secondary School Rubric	State	10	50,000
  		District	90	40,000
  	Elementary Rubric	State	50	25,000
  		District	300	25,000
  Cluster Resource Center Coordinator Award (CRCC)	CRCC Rubric	Su-Division	58	20,000
  Block Education Officer (BEO)	BEO Rubric	State	10	60,000
  District Education Officer (DEO)	DEO Rubric	State	3	75,000
  Institutional Award	Selection Process	Level	Rank	Amount
  District	District Ruric	State	1	3,00,00,000
  			2	2,00,00,000
  			3	1,00,00,000
  Block	Block Rubric	State	10	50,00,000
  School	Secondary School Rubric	State	10	10,00,000
  		District	90	5,00,000
  		Block	942	3,00,000
  		MC	15	3,00,000
  	Elementary School Rubric	State	50	5,00,000
  		District	300	3,00,000
  		Block	942	1,00,000
  		MC	15	1,00,000
  School Management Committee (SMC) Award	SMC Rubric	State	10	1,00,000
  		District	90	50,000
  		Block	314	30,000
  		MC	05	30,000
  Alumni Committee Awards	Alumni Committee Rubric	State	10	1,00,000
  		District	90	50,000
  		Block	314	30,000
  		MC	05	30,000
  Gram Panchayat	Gram Panchayat Rubric	State	10	10,00,000
  		District	90	5,00,000
  		Block	314	1,00,000
  District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) Award	DIET Rubric	State	03	10,00,000

Eligibility Requirement

• Beneficiaries must meet the eligibility conditions to receive the benefits of Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana. However, each category have different eligibility conditions, whose details are given as : -
  

  Award Category	Eligibility	Ineligibility
  For Students	Passed their 10th examination from Government or Government aided secondary or elementary schools. Schools must be covered under the 5T HST programme. They will be rewarded for the same academic year.
  For Teachers	Teachers of Government and government aided secondary or elementary schools are eligible. They must be stationed for at least one academic year before the result announcement. HMs can apply either for the HM award or teacher award but they cannot apply for both categories.	Educational administrators, district science supervisors, and training institutes staff are not eligible. Guest teacher or vocational teacher. If anyone is punished for any misconduct or case is pending against them.
  For Headmaster (HMs)	HMs must fall under the government or government aided secondary or elementary school covered under the 5T HST programme. HMs in charge are also eligible. He/She must be stationed for at least one academic year in the same school before the result announcement.	If found guilty or a case is pending against them for any misconduct.
  For CRCCs/BEO/DEO	All CRCCs are eligible. Must be posted for at least one academic year where they apply for the award.	If punished for any official misconduct or any case of guilt is pending..
  District/Block/ SMC/ Gram Panchayat/ DIET	All district/blocks/Schools/SMC/ Gram Panchayat/ DIET are eligible
  School	All government and government aided secondary and elementary school covered under the 5T-HST programme.
  Alumni Committee	Al Mo School Alumni Committees.

Required Documents

• Applicants must produce their following documents when submitting applications for Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana : -
  • Identity proof.
  • Aadhaar Card.
  • PAN Card.
  • SB Account details (Passbook Copy).
  • Address Proof.
  • Marksheet/Scorecard (for students).
  • Others as requested by the respective institution during application submission.

Steps to Apply

• Applicants need to submit an application form for Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana to receive its benefits.
• Procedure can be different as per the individuals or institutions.
• Applicants need to visit the official portal, to submit the Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar application online.
• On the home page, applicants need to login with their respective details.
• Filled the application form by providing the relevant details and upload documents if required.
• Authority will prepare an applicant list based on the rubric parameters.
• Benefits of the Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar will be credited to bank account via DBT mode.

Relevant Links

• Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana Official Website.
• Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana Login Window.
• Official Guidelines of Mukhyamantri Shikhya Puraskar.
• Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Scheme Award List.

Contact Information

• Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar Yojana Helpdesk : - support.msp@odisha.gov.in
  msp@moschool.net
• Mo School Abhiyan Parichalana Sangathan
  A-1, 6th floor, Toshali Bhawan, H.B Colony,
  Satya Nagar, Bhubaneswar,
  Odisha 751007.