With an aim to promote primary education, the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) Trust has decided to provide scholarship to class 3, 5 and 8 students studying in Government primary schools of Keonjhar district.
Accordingly, a test was conducted participated by 48,018 students and a merit list was prepared for receiving the scholarship. Out of these 3, 185 class-3 students will receive Rs 3,000 each, 3,300 class-5 students will receive Rs 4,000 each and 3,431 class-8 students will receive Rs 8,000 each annually. It means Rs 5,07,03,000 cash shall be distributed to the students through their bank accounts which is in fact managed by their guardians.
Many schools in Keonjhar district lack required teaching staff, adequate classroom and teaching amenities .Thus, it could have been more beneficial if the schools could be provided with teachers, basic infrastructure or other required teaching facilities, amenities for strengthening the primary education from DMF, some educationists remarked.
