Answer
(Fatwa: 310/252/D=1433)
The person whom the amount of zakah is given should be poor and entitled to receive zakah and the zakah amount should be given in his hand, though he is a student or any illiterate person, or getting Islamic knowledge or English education or learning any handicraft. The condition is that he should be poor. However, it is better to give it to some pious person or one who is getting Islamic knowledge. However, it is not good to receive zakah from others in order to give scholarship, hence it should be avoided.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband