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About the assistance
The Tondiarpet Education Assistance for Children Trust — TEACH Trust for short — was set up in 2018 by six longtime friends who had all grown up in Tondiarpet, a neighbourhood in Chennai. Its education assistance programme is aimed at students who combine two things that do not often sit together: very high board marks and a low family income. The trust does not run a college or a coaching centre; it simply helps pay the next step of a deserving student’s education, and it sends the money to the institution rather than handing it to the student.
One point of honesty first. Unlike most schemes in this series, this programme could be traced to only one detailed listing in this run’s searches. No official trust website, email address or phone number turned up, and a different Chennai organisation that also uses the name TEACH — one working with deaf and hard-of-hearing students — is unrelated and has nothing to do with this programme. The facts below therefore come from that single listing, and applicants should treat the listing itself as the place to confirm the current position before sharing documents or money with anyone.
Who can apply
- Be a citizen of India who is pursuing studies in India.
- Have scored 90% or more in Class 10.
- Have scored 90% or more in Class 12.
- Have an annual family income of no more than Rs 2,50,000.
- Students admitted through a management seat are not eligible.
The bar on marks is the programme’s defining feature: 90% at both board stages, not just one. The income ceiling is correspondingly strict at Rs 2,50,000 a year. Nothing in the listing limits the programme to Tamil Nadu students — the stated condition is Indian citizenship and study in India — but, given the trust’s roots, applicants from elsewhere should still confirm that their institution and course are covered before assuming eligibility.
What you get
The amount depends on the stage and stream, not on the college’s fee:
- School-level assistance: Rs 35,000.
- Arts, science and commerce at college level: Rs 55,000.
- Professional degrees: Rs 1,00,000.
Timing matters. The listing says students who pre-qualify once their Class 10 or Class 12 marksheet arrives — that is, before the college admit card is issued — are the ones the trust selects. Assistance is then transferred directly to the institution. Where the fee is higher than the assistance, the listing describes a single-payment arrangement: the student pays the difference to the trust, and the trust makes one combined payment to the institution. No renewal rule, total number of awards, or course-duration limit is published in the listing, so none is stated here.
Documents needed
The listing asks for:
- Marksheets and certificates
- Admit card
- Rank card
- Fee demand proof from the college or school
- BPL verification, income certificate, or employment certificate
How to apply
- Open the programme listing and use its Apply Now route.
- Register with a Gmail address, mobile number or email ID, or log in if you already have an account.
- Students who meet the stated criteria are shortlisted for assistance by the trust.
- Keep the fee demand proof ready: the trust pays the institution, so the institution’s demand is central to the payment.
FAQs
No fixed date is published; the listing shows the programme as always open. That makes early application sensible anyway, because selection happens around the marksheet-to-admit-card window described above.
No state restriction is published in the listing. The conditions given are Indian citizenship, study in India, the 90% marks at both board stages, and the income ceiling. The trust itself is Chennai-rooted, so confirm coverage for your institution if you study elsewhere.
No. The listing states that the assistance is transferred directly to the selected candidate’s institution.
No. The listing expressly excludes students admitted through a management seat.
None was published in the sources checked for this article, so none is given here. Do not use the contact details of the unrelated deaf-education organisation that shares the TEACH name.
Verified 31 Oct 2026 against the Buddy4Study TEACH Trust Education Assistance 2026 listing (founded 2018 by six former Tondiarpet residents; Indian citizen studying in India; 90% or more in Class 10 and Class 12; family income up to Rs 2,50,000; management-seat students ineligible; Rs 35,000 school, Rs 55,000 arts/science/commerce college, Rs 1,00,000 professional degrees; payment directly to the institution; pre-qualification after the marksheet and before the admit card; documents: marksheets and certificates, admit card, rank card, fee demand proof, BPL verification or income or employment certificate; always open). No second independent source was found across three searches: no official trust website or contact could be located, and the Chennai TEACH deaf-education organisation found in search results is a different body and was not used. The single-source position is flagged in the article itself.
