Students of Classes VI-VIII in Himachal to get scholarship for three years

Tribune News Service

Shimla, November 28

The state has implemented the HP Swaran Jayanti Middle Merit Scholarship Scheme aimed at nurturing the youth and providing scholarship to meritorious students of Classes VI to VIII of government schools.

Under the scheme, students will be selected for the scholarship through a state-level examination, which will be conducted by the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT), Solan, and scholarship of Rs 4,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 6,000 per month will be provided to meritorious students of Classes VI, VII and VIII, respectively. A total of 100 scholarships will be distributed among 12 districts under the scheme as per the determined quota based on average enrollment of government schools.

To avail the benefit for consecutive three years, the student must continue to study in the government school without repeating any class. It will be mandatory for the students to have at least 75 per cent attendance during the session, but the condition will not be applicable in case of acute illness or any medical exigency.