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How The Scholar Times works
What we publish, how we check it, how we fix mistakes and how we pay for it.
13 Nov 2026
What we publish and who it is for
The Scholar Times is an independent publication for students in India and abroad. We cover scholarships, study abroad, entrance exams, careers and courses, and we build free tools such as the CGPA converter, the loan EMI calculator and the IELTS band calculator.
Our readers are school and college students, and the parents and counsellors who help them decide. We write for people who are about to fill in a form with a deadline. We are not affiliated with any scholarship provider, university, exam body or government agency.
Our verification process
Every guide goes through the same four checks before it is published, and again each time we update it. The date of the last pass appears on the page as a Last verified stamp.
- 01
Find the source
We locate the official notification, regulation or provider page for every claim.
✓ SOURCED - 02
Check the details
Eligibility, amounts and dates are compared line by line with that source.
✓ CHECKED - 03
Second review
A reviewer other than the writer reads the guide against the sources.
✓ REVIEWED - 04
Stamp and schedule
The guide gets a Last verified date and a scheduled time to be checked again.
✓ DATED
How we cite sources
Each guide ends with a Sources list. Where a figure, date or rule comes from an official page, we link that page and name the issuing body. We prefer the original notification, regulation or provider page over a news report or a social post.
- Amounts and deadlines link to the official notice.
- Numbers we cannot confirm are left out or marked for verification, never filled in by guesswork.
- When a source changes or disappears, the guide is re-checked and its verified date is updated.
Corrections policy
When we find an error, we fix it in the guide, update the Last verified date and record the change on our corrections page with the date. We correct the text itself, not just a note at the bottom, unless the change affects how readers acted on the earlier version.
How we make money
We want you to know how this site is paid for. The Scholar Times is an independent publication. Advertising and partner content may appear on the site, and none of it changes what our guides say.
- We do not sell rankings, placement or a higher position in any list.
- A provider cannot pay to change what a guide says about its scholarship, course or country.
Editors and reviewers
Guides are written and reviewed by The Scholar Times editorial team. Individual author profiles will be added as the team begins to publish under their own names.
Contact
Questions about a guide, a correction or a partnership enquiry can be sent through the contact page.