Title: FINANCIAL BOOSTS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: THE IMPACT OF POST-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Authors: Santosh, Santosh Rani and Manju Dahiya

Publisher: The President, Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: academic, achievement, impact, student, scholarship

Volume: 39

Issue: 1

Year: June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2025.39.1.0013

Abstract: The present study was conducted to assess the impact of post matric scholarship on students. Random sampling method was used to include Two hundred forty undergraduate students as respondents in the study from two Universities i.e Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University and Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and technology, Hisar. An interview schedule was developed for the data collection. The data on the Utilization were observed that majority of the respondents (74.17%) from both the institute were use their scholarship amount on educational supplies followed by A significant proportion (60.42%) of respondents from both the institutes use amount of fund for college fees. The findings on impact revealed that higher percentage of the respondents (67.50%) were agree that because of scholarship they feel secure for completing their degree moreover 58.75 per cent respondents agree that scholarship encourages them for studying attentively to retain scholarship. The coefficient for Utilization (0.370) indicates that for each additional unit of Utilization, the Impact increases by 0.370 units. The p-value for Utilization (0.003) is significant, meaning that Utilization is a statistically significant predictor of Impact. The result showed that post-matric scholarship scheme significantly benefits students' academic progress by motivating them to maintain good performance and study attentively.