Why Is Class 9 to 12 a Separate Listing From the Class 1 to 8 Uniform Schemes?

No official paper explains the split, but two things set this band apart. The October 2017 corrigendum extended uniforms, shoes and socks to every Std IX to XII student and said nothing about the lower classes (Directorate of Education corrigendum, 2017). In the Directorate's 2024-25 footwear sheet, the Class 9 to 12 columns are filled mainly by the government high and higher secondary schools filed under the District Education Officer (in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 9,503 of the 9,628 pairs of boys' shoes), and the Director of Education is the addressee for this band's bills (2024-25 shoes and socks terms).

Why Does This Scholarship Show No Rupee Amount?

Because the UT buys goods in bulk and hands them over, so the papers price whole contracts rather than students. The December 2022 GeM bid for shoes and socks across Classes 1 to 12 carried an estimated value of Rs 3,86,77,937 (December 2022 GeM bids), and the record publishes no value per student (myScheme record).

Is This the Odisha Scheme That Gives Class 9 to 12 Students Rs 1,000 for Uniforms?

No, though it covers the same four classes. Odisha's ST and SC Development Department provides uniforms to ST and SC students of Class IX to XII who study in the department's own high and higher secondary schools, from its budget at Rs 1,000 per student per year, according to its 2025-26 activity report (Odisha ST and SC Development Department, Annual Activity Report 2025-26). The UT scheme has no caste condition and no per-student rupee figure, and it hands over the clothing and footwear themselves. What decides coverage here is the school, not the family's home state: the record sets no domicile condition, only enrolment in Classes 9 to 12 at a government school in Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (myScheme record).

Does a Student Who Moves to a Government School in Class 11 Get the Kit?

On the record's terms, yes: it asks only that the student be in Classes 9 to 12 at a UT government school, and says nothing about where the student studied before (myScheme record). Stock is the practical question, because the Directorate orders by school and district ahead of the year. Its January 2022 uniform tender kept the right to raise or cut the ordered quantity by up to 25% until the final delivery date (January 2022 uniform tender), so a student who joins late should tell the head of school early rather than wait for the handover.

Is the Uniform the Same From Class 9 to Class 12?

Yes. The 2022-23 specification sheet treats Standards 6 to 12 as one band for each gender, so a Class 9 student and a Class 12 student are issued the same sky-blue shirt, navy trousers or skirt, tie and belt, with only the embroidered monogram varying by medium of instruction (January 2022 uniform tender). One wrinkle for girls: that sheet specifies a navy divider skirt for Standards 6 to 12, while the quantity schedule in the same tender labels the Class 9 to 12 girls' line a pino frock. Footwear changed between rounds. The 2022-23 tender asked for black lace-up shoes for boys and black shoes with a Velcro strap for girls (January 2022 shoes and socks tender), whereas the 2024-25 terms specify black shoes with laces for both (2024-25 shoes and socks terms).

What is the purpose of this scheme?

To encourage regular attendance and continuity in education among school students.

Which students are eligible?

Students from Classes 9 to 12 studying in government schools.

Are private school students eligible?

No, the scheme is only for government school students.

How many uniforms are provided?

Two pairs of uniforms per student.

Is there any application fee?

No, the application is completely free.

Is the scheme for both boys and girls?

Yes, it benefits both boys and girls equally.

Scholarship

Supply of School Uniform, Shoes Socks to all Students for Std IX to XII(SUPPLY OF UNIFORM, SHOES, SOCKS)

In Kind

State/ UT

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu State Government Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu myScheme record

Eligibility

The applicant should be a student.

Region

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

Award

In Kind

Deadline

Not published by the source

Overview

About SUPPLY OF UNIFORM, SHOES, SOCKS

Supply of School Uniform, Shoes Socks to all Students for Std IX to XII is the Education Department's in-kind scheme for the secondary classes of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. A student in Class 9, 10, 11 or 12 at a UT government school receives the clothing itself, shirt, pants or skirt, tie and belt, along with shoes and socks, and no cash changes hands (myScheme record).

Row 3 of an October 2017 corrigendum is where the kit became universal for these classes. Under the heading "Supply of Uniforms/Shoes and Socks", the Daman & Diu administration extended it to every Std IX to XII student in the district's government and government-aided schools (Directorate of Education corrigendum, 2017). An older department profile, with beneficiary figures running to 2007-08, shows the narrower versions it replaced: free uniforms and shoes for Scheduled Tribe students under the Tribal Sub Plan, and free uniforms for Scheduled Caste students, both only up to Std X (Education Department profile).

The 2017 order spoke of Daman & Diu alone. By the 2022-23 purchase, with the two territories merged, the kit was bought for all three districts together: in the Directorate's January 2022 uniform tender for the 2022-23 year, Dadra and Nagar Haveli accounted for 20,286 of the 26,592 pairs sought for Class 9 to 12 boys, Daman for 3,836 and Diu for 2,470, and the supplier's rate had to include transport to every school in the UT (January 2022 uniform tender).

Who runs it

Provider

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu State Government

State / UT Government

Education Department

At a glance

Key details

Level	State/ UT
Scheme type	Not published by the source
Category	Education & Learning
Beneficiaries	Individual
Benefit type	In Kind
Application mode	Offline
Direct Benefit Transfer	Not published by the source
Tags	Education, Free Stationery, Free Shoes Socks
Source record	myScheme, 2026-07-08official-site· 2026-07-08

Calendar

Important dates

myScheme publishes no opening or closing date, since there is nothing to apply for (myScheme record). When the kit arrives depends on the Directorate's buying cycle, and its papers for the 2022-23 year show how far that cycle can slip (January 2022 uniform tender):

Stage in the 2022-23 cycle	When
E-tenders for uniforms with tie and belt, and for shoes and socks	31 January 2022
Uniform work order, with 100 days to deliver to the schools	21 March 2022
Fresh e-tender for shoes and socks	6 April 2022
Shoes and socks work order	23 July 2022
Both work orders cancelled because the suppliers failed to supply	December 2022
New bids on the Government e-Marketplace, allowing 120 days' delivery for uniforms and 90 for shoes and socks	22 December 2022, closing 12 January 2023

For 2024-25 the shoes and socks terms gave the supplier 90 days from the work order and made an order running more than a month late liable to cancellation (2024-25 shoes and socks terms). No distribution date for the current year is published.

Who can apply

Eligibility criteria

The test is enrolment: a boy or girl in Class 9 to 12 at a government school of the UT, with no income ceiling, caste category, marks cut-off or domicile condition in the record (myScheme record). That single test is what changes at Class 9. For Std I to VIII the UT files uniforms under two listings, one for SC and ST boys together with all girls and one for the remaining boys (myScheme, Std I to VIII uniform for SC/ST boys and girls; myScheme, Std I to VIII uniform for other boys).

The applicant should be a student.
The applicant should be studying in class 9th to 12th.
The applicant should be studying in a government school in UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.

Who cannot apply

Exclusions

myScheme publishes no exclusion list, and the record's own boundary is the government school (myScheme record). The aided school is where the official papers pull apart. The 2017 corrigendum covered aided schools (Directorate of Education corrigendum, 2017), yet the current record names government schools only, and the Directorate's later shoes and socks terms are written for students of government schools and the Eklavya Model Residential Schools (2024-25 shoes and socks terms). The UT's School Education Rules, 2026 speak of a recognised private school "whether aided or not", which places aided schools on the private side of the line (School Education Rules, 2026). A student at an aided school should ask the head of school whether the kit comes before counting on it.

Continuation

Renewal conditions

The family renews nothing; the record asks for no resubmission (myScheme record). The Directorate buys for a named academic year instead. Its January 2022 uniform tender was for 2022-23 and required goods made in 2022, and its later GeM terms for shoes and socks were for 2024-25 (January 2022 uniform tender; 2024-25 shoes and socks terms). Neither the record nor those papers says whether a student who stays from Class 9 to Class 12 is issued a fresh set in each of the four years.

What you get

Award & benefits

The award is goods. myScheme lists the benefit type as In Kind, names the items and publishes no rupee value per student, and the scheme's FAQ there puts the uniform at two pairs per student (myScheme record). For footwear the Directorate's 2024-25 terms are explicit: the column headings of their school sheet read "9th to 12th x 1" for shoes and "9th to 12th x 2" for socks, one pair of shoes and two pairs of socks per student. At GHSS Silvassa (T), English medium, that came to 2,040 pairs of boys' shoes, 1,722 of girls' shoes and 7,524 pairs of socks (2024-25 shoes and socks terms). No official paper states how many ties or belts each student gets.

The quantities the Directorate put out to bid for Classes 9 to 12 are approximate requirements for one named year, not counts of students served, and the tenders count a uniform as a "pair", a shirt with its pant, skirt or frock:

Item for Classes 9 to 12	January 2022 e-tender (2022-23)	December 2022 GeM re-bid (2022-23)	GeM terms for 2024-25
Boys' uniforms, full pant and shirt (pairs)	26,592	25,264	Not covered
Girls' uniforms (pairs)	26,240	24,984	Not covered
Tie and belt, boys	13,296	12,632	Not covered
Tie and belt, girls	13,120	12,492	Not covered
Shoes, boys (pairs)	13,296	12,692	12,763
Shoes, girls (pairs)	13,120	12,552	12,775
Socks, boys and girls (pairs)	52,832	50,488	51,076

Each column describes that purchasing round only. The 2022-23 uniform figures were put out to bid twice because the first supplier failed to supply, as the dates below show, and they are not the current year's order.

Fosters a sense of identity, equality and discipline among students.
Significantly reduces school absenteeism and improves performance by eliminating the financial barrier of purchasing clothes.
Providing shoes and socks promotes better foot health and hygiene for students commuting to school.
Promotes regular school attendance by supporting foundational needs

What to prepare

Documents required

None. The record lists no documents, and with nothing paid into an account there is no bank detail to link (myScheme record).

No Documents required

Step by step

How to apply

Nobody applies. The record lists the offline mode, no application link and no separate application (myScheme record); admission to, or promotion into, Class 9 to 12 at a government school is the only step on the family's side.

Tracking the Kit When There Is No Portal

The kit has no status page: families file nothing, so neither the National Scholarship Portal nor any UT site holds a record in a student's name. The supply trail can be followed instead. The Directorate's tender notices on the Dadra and Nagar Haveli district site show when a year's uniforms and footwear go out to bid, as the notice running from 22 December 2022 to 12 January 2023 did (Directorate of Education tender notice). The 2024-25 shoes and socks terms go a step further, listing every school by name and UDISE code with its Class 9 to 12 shoe and sock count, so a head of school can see whether the school's line was bought (2024-25 shoes and socks terms).

If a student has received nothing, ask the head of school first, since the goods are delivered there, and then the Directorate of Education, the office billed for Class 9 to 12 footwear under the 2024-25 terms (2024-25 shoes and socks terms). If a call to the school does not settle it, the UT portal's grievance form takes a written complaint (UT grievance form).

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How winners are picked

Selection process

There is no merit list, draw or quota: the record extends the kit to all students in Classes 9 to 12 of government schools (myScheme record). The numbers are built school by school instead. In the 2024-25 shoes and socks terms, Diu's schools were down for 1,254 pairs of boys' shoes, 1,422 pairs of girls' shoes and 5,352 pairs of socks for these classes (2024-25 shoes and socks terms).

Fine print

Terms & conditions

No terms addressed to students are published for this scheme; the binding conditions sit in the supply contracts. The one a family is likely to meet is fit. Both 2022 tenders make the supplier answerable for the appropriate size of uniform, belt, tie, shoes and socks for each student, and refuse payment for any piece of the wrong size (uniform tender; shoes and socks tender). A wrong size is the supplier's fault, to be reported through the school to the Directorate.

Get help

Contact

The 2022 tenders for this kit were issued from the Director of Education's office in the Secretariat, Silvassa, and the 2024-25 shoes and socks terms from the Directorate's first-floor office in Lekha Bhavan, Silvassa (January 2022 uniform tender; 2024-25 shoes and socks terms), but the contact the Directorate now publishes on the UT portal is Shiksha Sadan, Moti Daman, with 0260-2230126 and diredu-dd@ddd.gov.in (Directorate of Education).

Source

Official links

Supply Of School Unifrom, Shoes Socks To All Students For IX To XII myScheme (Government of India)

Questions

SUPPLY OF UNIFORM, SHOES, SOCKS – FAQ

Frequently asked questions

From the official scheme FAQ (myScheme)

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Disclaimer

Scheme details are compiled from myScheme, the Government of India’s official scheme-discovery platform, and are reproduced without alteration. Amounts, deadlines and eligibility change between cycles, so always confirm on the official links above before applying. Expertie does not process applications or charge fees.

References

Sources

myScheme record – myscheme.gov.in
Directorate of Education corrigendum, 2017 – cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in
January 2022 uniform tender – cdn.s3waas.gov.in
2024-25 shoes and socks terms – fulfilment.gem.gov.in
Directorate of Education tender notice – dnh.gov.in
UT grievance form – ddd.gov.in
Odisha ST and SC Development Department, Annual Activity Report 2025-26 – stsc.odisha.gov.in