Scholarship
Swami Vivekananda Exam Oriented Residential Training(SVEORT)
Overview
About SVEORT
This scheme does not pay a scholarship. It puts a Gujarat candidate into a residential class at a venue with a ground attached, houses and feeds them there, pays a stipend of Rs 100 a day, and drills them for the written and physical tests that Army, Air Force, Navy, paramilitary and police recruitment run on (Swami Vivekanand Residential Training Scheme note, Directorate of Employment and Training, archived copy). The myScheme record states the same thing administratively: the benefit type is In Kind, and the scheme is not a direct benefit transfer (myScheme, SVEORT).
The Labour and Employment Department launched it in the year Gujarat marked the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand, with the stated aim of getting more of the state's young people through defence and police recruitment and into a career they could build on (scheme note). The state's own Development Programme dates the scheme to 2012 and describes it as free residential training run to increase the representation of Gujarat's youth in the defence forces (Development Programme 2024-25, Government of Gujarat).
Read it as a training seat, not an award. Nothing here is decided on a merit list, nothing is credited to a bank account month by month, and the decision that matters to an applicant is taken in a district employment office rather than in Gandhinagar.
One caveat about the sourcing on this page. The Directorate's own scheme note and its Gujarati original were published on employment.gujarat.gov.in and talimrojgar.gujarat.gov.in, and neither host resolves any more, so both documents are read here from the Internet Archive's captures of them (English note, captured 2022; Gujarati note, captured 2016). They are the department's own text, not a summary of it, but they are old, and where the state's current Development Programme says something different the newer document is noted alongside.
Who runs it
Provider
Gujarat State Government
State / UT Government
Labour and Employment 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 | No |
| Tags | Training, Defence, Army, Navy, Police, Examination, Recruitment, Employment |
| Source record | myScheme, 2026-07-08official-site· 2026-07-08 |
Calendar
Important dates
The scheme runs on no published calendar. Neither an opening date nor a closing date is recorded for it (myScheme, SVEORT), and the department reports the year's work as a total rather than as a schedule (Development Programme 2024-25).
The dates that do move are the recruitment dates the class is aimed at. In 2023-24 the department organised two Army recruitment rallies in the state, at Himmatnagar and Bhuj (Development Programme 2024-25). A residential class is worth something ahead of the rally or examination it prepares for and very little after it, so the moment a recruitment notification for your service is out is the moment to ask the district employment office when its next batch runs.
Who can apply
Eligibility criteria
The scheme sets almost no bar of its own. It borrows the recruiting service's. The department's note describes the trainee as a candidate already in the required age group, holding the educational qualification the service asks for, and meeting its physical standards (scheme note). So the age window and the qualification move with the recruitment notification a candidate is preparing for, not with anything the Labour and Employment Department publishes.
Three fences are the scheme's own, and all three sit in the eligibility list the department puts on the scheme's record: Gujarat residence, a demonstrated need for the training assistance, and not already drawing similar training assistance from another government scheme (myScheme, SVEORT).
Fitness is checked before the class, not built inside it. The note is explicit that the candidates put through the 30 days of training are the ones who already possess the requisite physical standards (scheme note). A candidate a long way off the running or pull-up standard is better served by getting there first, because the class sharpens a standard rather than creating one.
| The applicant must be a permanent resident of Gujarat. | |
| The applicant must be aspiring for recruitment in Army, Air Force, Navy, Paramilitary Forces or Police Forces. | |
| The applicant must meet the age criteria as prescribed for respective defence and police services. | |
| The applicant must possess minimum educational qualifications as required for the specific service examination they are preparing for. | |
| The applicant must have completed relevant educational requirements as per Central Government norms for defence services. | |
| The applicant must meet basic physical fitness standards for defence and police services. | |
| The applicant must be medically fit as per general health requirements. | |
| The applicant must be willing to undergo rigorous physical training programs. | |
| The applicant must belong to economically weaker sections or demonstrate financial need for training assistance. | |
| The applicant must not be receiving similar training assistance from other government schemes simultaneously. |
Who cannot apply
Exclusions
The department publishes no exclusion list for this scheme, and neither note writes one. The one bar that behaves like an exclusion is filed under eligibility instead: a candidate already receiving similar training assistance from another government scheme cannot take this one at the same time (myScheme, SVEORT). So the question to settle before applying is not whether you are barred by category, but whether another department is already coaching you.
What excludes people in practice is capacity. A class takes 30 trainees at minimum and 35 at most (Gujarati scheme note, Directorate of Employment and Training, archived copy); the English note puts it at 30 (scheme note). Forty-two classes ran across the whole state in 2023-24 (Development Programme 2024-25). A candidate who misses the batch their district schedules has not been ruled out of the scheme. There was no seat that round.
Continuation
Renewal conditions
There is nothing to renew. Admission is to a single residential class, the benefit ends when the class does, and the note describes no continuation, no second claim and no repeat entitlement (scheme note). What recurs is the class, not the claim, so the live question for anyone who has already trained once is when the next batch is scheduled locally.
What you get
Award & benefits
Three things reach the trainee, and only one of them is money.
| What the trainee gets | Detail |
|---|---|
| Residential training | Boarding and lodging at the training centre |
| Stipend | Rs 100 per day |
| Training load | 30 days, 120 hours, written and physical |
| Class size | 30 candidates in one class |
The tenure figure is the one to check against the year you are applying in. The note sets the class at 30 days and 120 hours (scheme note), while the state describes the same scheme in its Development Programme for 2024-25 as a 45 days training scheme (Development Programme 2024-25). The two documents are years apart, so the length the district office announces for the batch you are joining is the length that binds.
No annual seat quota is published. The closest thing to a number of awards is the count of candidates the state actually trained: 1235 of them, across 42 classes, in 2023-24 (Development Programme 2024-25).
- Training and Coaching Support
- Residential Training: Comprehensive exam-oriented coaching in residential format.- Defence Examination Preparation: Specialized training for Army, Air Force, Navy recruitment examinations.- Police Force Training: Preparation for Police Force recruitment examinations.- Paramilitary Force Coaching: Training for Central Armed Police Forces and other paramilitary recruitment.
- Written Examination Preparation: Subject-wise coaching and mock tests.- Physical Fitness Training: Physical preparation as per service requirements.- Personality Development: Communication skills and confidence building.- Interview Preparation: Mock interviews and counseling sessions.
- Regular attendance in all training sessions and activities.
- Compliance with residential training center rules and regulations.
- Participation in mock tests and assessment programs.
- Maintenance of discipline and conduct as per training center guidelines.
What to prepare
Documents required
Two items on the department's list are conditions of the scheme wearing the clothes of paperwork. The medical fitness certificate and the physical fitness certificate line up with the note's requirement that trainees already meet the physical standards of the service they are preparing for (scheme note), which makes them a screen rather than a formality. The parents' consent letter follows from the class being residential: the trainee stays at the centre for its duration (scheme note).
The rest is revenue-office work, and it is worth starting early. The Gujarat domicile certificate and the family income certificate are issued by the district administration on its own timetable, and neither can be produced on the day a class is announced.
Step by step
How to apply
There is no online form. The application mode is offline, and no application link is published for the scheme (myScheme, SVEORT). The route runs through the district: the note states that the employment officer of the concerned district conducts the training programmes, and it tells candidates who want details to contact their local employment officer (scheme note).
Where a class physically sits is decided by the ground. The note has the training run at schools, colleges and private, semi-government or government institutes where a ground is available (scheme note), so the venue changes from district to district and from batch to batch. Ask which venue has been booked before assuming the class is at the exchange itself.
How to Track Your Application or Your Stipend
No portal tracks this scheme. Because the application is made offline and no application URL exists for it (myScheme, SVEORT), the file stays with the employment office that scheduled the class, and that office is the only desk that can answer a status question, on admission or on the daily stipend.
The state's job seeker portal is a separate thing and is often mistaken for this one. Anubandham, the Labour and Employment Department's web portal and mobile app, was launched to bring job opportunities to the state's youth and skilled workers to employers, and it carries 3,82,564 registered candidates and 46,568 employers (Development Programme 2024-25). The department describes it in those terms, as a hiring platform, and not as a place where a training application can be followed.
- 1Apply offline
The official links on this page lead to the application portal.
How winners are picked
Selection process
No merit list is published and none is described. The note gives the work to one office: the employment officer of the concerned district plans and conducts the training programmes (scheme note). Above that sits the Directorate of Employment and Training, the wing whose main function is vocational guidance and employment services in the state (Development Programme 2024-25).
Selection is therefore local and administrative rather than competitive. Two things settle it: whether a class has been scheduled in the district at all, and whether the candidate's documents and physical condition meet the standards the note expects before training starts (scheme note).
Fine print
Terms & conditions
The conditions read like a hostel's, not a grant's. The stipend of Rs 100 a day and the free boarding and lodging are provided at the training centre itself (scheme note), so they follow the trainee only for as long as the trainee is in the class. Attendance, conduct at the centre and taking part in the assessments are what the department asks for in return (myScheme, SVEORT).
Nothing in the note creates an obligation that outlives the training. There is no bond, no repayment clause and no requirement to join any particular force afterwards (scheme note).
Get help
Contact
The local employment officer is the address for everything on this scheme, and the note says so plainly (scheme note). Gujarat has 46 employment exchanges working under the Directorate of Employment and Training to assist registered candidates, so the relevant one is the exchange for the district a candidate lives in (Development Programme 2024-25).
Above the district exchange sits the Directorate of Employment and Training, which functions under the Labour, Skill Development and Employment Department, Government of Gujarat (Development Programme 2024-25). Take a question there only after the district office has been asked, because the class, the seat and the stipend are all handled at district level.
Source
Official links
Questions
SVEORT – FAQ
Frequently asked questions
From the official scheme FAQ (myScheme)
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Disclaimer
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
- Swami Vivekanand Residential Training Scheme note, Directorate of Employment and Training, archived copy – web.archive.org
- myScheme, SVEORT – myscheme.gov.in
- Development Programme 2024-25, Government of Gujarat – gad.gujarat.gov.in
- Tribal Development Department, Government of Gujarat – tribal.gujarat.gov.in
- Swami Vivekananda Merit Cum Means Scholarship, Government of West Bengal – svmcm.wb.gov.in
- Guidelines (Directorate Of Employment & Training) – employment.gujarat.gov.in
- Guidelines (Talim Rojgar) – talimrojgar.gujarat.gov.in