Tribune News Service

Nawanshahr, December 20

As many as 1,606 students, comprising 749 of Class X and 857 of Class VIII, appeared in the national level competitive scholarship exam in the district on Sunday. Divulging details, Satnam Singh, district science supervisor, said that as many as six examination centres , three each for National Talent Search Examination ( NTSE) and National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship ( NMMS) were set up. While students of Class X took the NTSE test, the students of Class VIII appeared in the NMMS test. Assistant Director- cum-Nodal Officer Dimpy Dhir, District Education Officer(SE) Jagjit Singh, and Deputy District Education Officer(SE) Amrik Singh, visited examination centres and expressed satisfaction over the free, fair and smooth conduct of examination.

Jagjit Singh said that despite closure of schools due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Education Department had set path breaking trends to provide access to the education facilities by ensuring optimum utilisation of the latest digital application, TV and radio channels.

“Besides taking regular classes as per the prescribed syllabus, the brilliant students had made elaborate arrangements for preparing them to take competitive examinations. The team of expert teachers designed daily slides related to different subjects and Google quizzes, which were made available to the students continuously via well knit social media network of the department at the grassroots level,” the officer said.

The special online as well as physical coaching classes for the students aspiring to take NTSE and NMMS examinations were also organised, he informed.

The officer added that the department also organised virtual PTMs on regular intervals to take feedback from the parents about progress of their wards.