Chandigarh Administrator honours 300 students of government schools

Chandigarh, July 17

The Punjab Governor and Administrator, Chandigarh, Banwarilal Purohit, yesterday honoured 300 students of Classes X and VIII of Punjab and Chandigarh with cash awards and recognition certificates at the Punjab Raj Bhawan. Purohit also congratulated 247 girls among the awardees for excelling in all fields.

‘The Society for Empowerment of Disadvantaged Talented Youth’ has taken this initiative to honour meritorious students of Classes X and VIII of government schools of Punjab and Chandigarh with cash scholarships totaling Rs 20.70 lakh and Certificates of Appreciation.

Earlier this year, as many as 300 students were honoured on the same pattern and this practice will continue on regular basis from now on. The 300 students honoured today included 225 from Punjab and 75 from Chandigarh. A total of Rs 10,000 was awarded to each Class X student and Rs 5,000 to each Class VIII student. Of the total 225 from Punjab as many as 151 are from rural areas. Besides, 51 of the Punjab achievers are from the border districts and about 40 are from the Kandi area.

Rajeev Verma, Adviser to Administrator, along with K Siva Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary to Governor; K K Yadav, Principal Secretary, Education, Punjab; Abhijit Vijay Chaudhary, Secretary, Education; Shiv Dular Singh Dhillon, Secretary, Punjab Red Cross Society, were also present.