EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP 

The Education Scholarship was approved during the 1st AGBM held on Dec 2000. The scheme will cover children of all BSA members, both serving and retired. The children studying in public or private schools duly recognized by the State or the Central Government will be eligible for the scholarship. The eligibility, details of scholarship, criteria & method of selection are given below.

Children of BSA members between the ages 10 yrs and 20 yrs are eligible for the scholarship with following criteria :-

• Overall marks Above 81% or A2 Grading- for JCO Children.

• Overall marks Above 71% or B1 Grading- for OR Children.

The qualifying date for this purpose will be the date the child passes the yearly examination or the termination of the academic year. The scholarship will be awarded based on the result of the class the student is studying.

Submission of Application Form. Application forms as per format given at Appx ‘A’ and ‘B’ will be submitted by eligible BSA members through their units (serving members) and directly by retired BSA members to the office of BSA. The last date of submission of application is 31 Aug. The application will be addressed to the Bombay Sappers Association, c/o HQ BEG & Centre, Kirkee, Pune-411003.  

Merit List. A merit list will be drawn up for each class as per the details submitted by the applicants. The details will be put up to the Management Committee in Sep to finalize the awards Management, decision will be considered as final. The list of selected children for the award of scholarship will be forwarded to the units/retired member by 15 Oct, along with the payment by a crossed bank draft. The number of vacancies in each category is as given in the Table bellow below. These vacancies may be increased/decreased depending on availability of funds in that financial year.