India, Oct. 19 -- The Maharashtra government on Saturday approved a proposal to advance the eligibility levels for pre-upper primary (Class 4) and pre-secondary (Class 7) scholarship examinations from academic year 2025-26.

According to the new schedule, the final round of existing Class 5 and Class 8 scholarship examinations will be conducted tentatively in February 2026 and around April or May 2026 for Class 4, 7.

As part of the restructuring, the government has also revised the scholarship amounts. Students qualifying for Class 4 level will receive Rs.5,000 per year and Rs.7,500 for Class 7 level. Both scholarships will be provided for three years. The state has sanctioned 16,693 scholarships each for Class 4, 5 and 16,588 scholarshi...