In a glittering ceremony the merit holders of Uttarakhand Board examination 2017 were felicitated with Governor's Award at Raj Bhawan on Monday.
Addressing the meritorious students, their parents and teachers the Governor Krishan Kant Paul said that these awards were initiated in the year 2015 with the objective of motivating and encouraging students and institutions to improve their academic performance. He said that an assessment should be made by the education department to know as to how the examination results have improved after these awards were instituted. Paul said that teachers have a significant role to play in the lives of students and they can shape the future of youngsters. He suggested to the education department that it should start an “Uttarakhand Genius” contest where the general knowledge and other talents of students could be tested. To the students of class XII the Governor suggested that they must choose one area of study according to their interest and capability and try to excel in it.
The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat congratulated the students and expressed happiness that many students of remote and mountainous areas have been able to get into top positions both in class X and Class XII examinations. Terming Sanskrit language as a language of culture the CM said that word “Sanskriti” originated from “Sanskrit”.
“Sanskrit is a language which destroys the tendency of non-violence of the speaker. Negative thoughts cannot enter the mind of Sanskrit language speaker. Our saints said that without Sanskrit there is no Sanskriti or culture”, he said. Chief Minister further said that the State Government has also decided to provide laptops to toppers of class XII examination in every stream. Terming the present age as highly technological and digital, the CM asked the students to make best use of the technology available at their disposal.
The Governor’s award carries a prize money of Rs 7000, Rs 5000 and Rs 3000 for students attaining first second and third positions in class X and XII examination.
In class X Ayesha (First) of Gauri MPIC Rudraprayag , Harshvardhan Verma (second ) of RlS Chauhan SVMIC Udham Singh Nagar and Ajay Vikram Singh Bisht (third) of government school Badkot, Uttarkashi were felicitated. Similarly the toppers of all three streams of class XII examination and Uttarakhand Sanskrit Education Board examination were also honoured on the occasion.
In school category the first prize of Rs 50000 was provided to Government Girls Inter College (Pokhri, Pauri) for excellent performance in board exams 2017 while Government Inter College (Ratirketi, Bageshwar) received second prize of Rs 30,000 and Government Inter College (Adriakhal, Pauri) got Rs 20,000 for being the third best school.
The Secretary School education Chandrashekhar Bhatt, secretary to the Governor Ravinath Raman, Secretary Sanskrit Education Usha Shukla, Principals of Government schools, teachers and parents of meritorious students were present on the occasion.