Teach Grant or Teacher's Education Assistance for College & Higher Education Grant is a financial aid program offered by the US Federal Government in association with Department of Education. As the name suggest, this aid is specifically designed for those individuals who come from low income families and are looking forward to join the secondary or elementary schools in the form of teachers. For those of you who are looking forward to obtain a Master's Degree in Education and are unable to carry forward due to paucity of money can take the help of this very federal grant. The money under this financial aid would assist in paying for the tuition fees so incurred during the higher studies of yours.

There are numerous college grants available for the those who are willing to become teachers but Teach Grant stands apart from the rest because the maximum amount disbursed is up to $4000 for a given academic year. Before applying for this very financial assistance program it is important that the college in which you are studying is a full time one. Some of the features of this educational aid program are mentioned under the following headings:

• free money and there is no repayment required
• money available for undergraduate or post graduate studies
• one can apply for this aid either online or offline
• student should be enrolled in the education course by half time

In order to apply for the Teach Grant, one would need to fill the FAFSA form and submit it with the relevant educational details of yours. It is to be noted that within a time span of 8 years from the date the grant is made available to you, you need to complete the 4 years of undergraduate course in teacher education and willing to serve any low income area. In order to qualify for this grant, one needs to adhere to certain eligibility norms mentioned under the following headings:

• college should be residential and full time one
• college should be approved by Dept. of Education
• you should have attained 18 years of age
• average CGPA of minimum 3.5 is required
• permanent resident of United States of America

One of the most important thing one needs to remember is that those individuals who have been granted Teach Grant and if they are unable to live to their defined teaching obligations, then one would have to pay back the amount which was disbursed to them earlier. If you don't serve in a low income area as a teacher for 4 years then you are obligating the terms and conditions of this grant program and hence the money has to be paid back by you in the form of Unsubsidized Stafford Loans.