<h1>Nagaland Secures Scholarship Funds for 22,000 Tribal Students, Aims to Resolve Authentication Challenges for Remaining Applicants</h1> Nagaland education officials identified 41,793 Scheduled Tribe students for post-matric scholarship in 2024-25, with an estimated funding requirement of Rs 56.38 crore. Currently, Rs 30.70 crore is available, enabling first-phase payment to 22,000 students. Scholarship will be disbursed through National Scholarship Portal in full one-time payment, with 30,451 students system-authenticated. Remaining 11,342 students need to resolve Aadhaar-bank account seeding issues for future disbursement.