Ranchi: The state government would provide monetary support to students desiring to study abroad, chief minister Hemant Soren said on Thursday. The CM was speaking at an award distribution ceremony at the Project Building here on Thursday afternoon. Soren addeds that the scheme will be finalized soon.
He said: “The scholarship plan is likely to be one of its kind in the nation. Students aiming to study abroad would not face monetary crisis. On many occasions, students face hurdles in securing education loan from banks.”
While distributing awards among the toppers of different boards and the schools that participated in a hygiene competition, the CM said the government would ensure that the awards were given out within a month of the publication of results from next year.
He said that school education has been the worst-affected by the pandemic and new ways have to be formulated to discharge the responsibilities if the virus cannot be contained soon.
A total of 47 students were felicitated for securing the top three ranks in the Jharkhand Academic Council, CBSE and ICSE Class X and Class XII examinations.
The matriculation toppers were awarded Rs 1 lakh, while the intermediate toppers were given Rs 3 lakh each.
Students securing the second position in matriculation were provided Rs 75,000, while Rs 50,000 was given to students ranked third.
The second and third-ranked students of the intermediate examinations were provided Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1 lakh, respectively.
As many as nine out of the 119 schools chosen for the excellence in ‘swachhta (hygiene)’ competition were awarded. The rest would be felicitated at the district level. It may be stated here that 44,441 schools took part in the competition.
The assessment was done on the basis of a few parameters, such as drinking water facility, toilets, availability of handwash, maintenance of school premises and behavioural change among students regarding hygiene.