The Kerala State Higher Education Council works to promote equity and excellence in the higher education sector and serves as the state of Kerala’s primary source of higher education policy input and trendsetting. The Kerala State Higher Education Council Act, 2007, and the Kerala State Higher Education Council (Amendment) Act 2018, both passed by the Kerala State Assembly, established the Council as an apex-level statutory authority. The Council is sometimes referred to as a mandated, functioning collective of all the stakeholders of the higher education sector, including professors, administrators, and students, because of its democratic structure and participatory approach to decision-making.

Pursuing higher education is essential to avail good job opportunities and fulfill your desired dreams. To make it possible the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) is going to implement Kerala State Higher Education Council Scholarship 2023 for the students of Kerala who must be enrolled in first-year degree programmes at a government university or a government-aided arts and science college. For the academic year 2022–2023, the Kerala State Higher Education Council is providing up to 1,000 scholarship possibilities. The application period for applying under Kerala State Higher Education Council Scholarship 2023 will start on February 17, 2023, and it will expire on March 10, 2023.

Eligibility Criteria
The applicants who want to apply for the given scholarship must fulfill the following criteria which are given below:
1.Nationality-

The candidate must be an Indian national.
2.Academic Qualification-

The applicant must be enrolled in a first-year Undergraduate Assisted Science, Social Science, Humanities, or Business course in a Government-Aided Arts & Science College or be enrolled in a course of equal or greater academic rigor at an IHRD Applied Science College in 2022–2023.

Not eligible are those enrolled in professional or self-financed courses.

Candidates must have passed the Plus 2/equivalent test to be eligible.

ST applicants must receive a passing grade in the Plus 2/equivalent exam for all streams. SC applicants must have a 60% average in the business studies stream and a 55% average in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

It will be 45% for the physical challenge across all streams.

The needed minimum marks for BPL/OBC are 65% in business studies, 55% in humanities & social sciences, and 60% in science.

3. Other Criteria-

This award is not available to recipients of any other grants or stipends other than fee reductions.

This section does not apply to the lump amount grant given to SC/ST students or the Hindi Scholarship given by the Directorate of Collegiate Education. Benefit Received under Kerala State Higher Education Council Scholarship 2023

For the first, second, and third years of the undergraduate programmes, candidates will get INR 12,000, INR 18,000, and INR 24,000, respectively.

The first year of postgraduate study will cost INR 40,000, and the second year will cost INR 60,000 for undergraduate scholarship recipients who continue on to graduate school.

Students who have physical impairments of at least 40% will get an additional 25% of the scholarship award.

Based on the scholar’s academic progress, scholarships will be renewed each year.