To encourage the spirit of competition amongst students across the Sate, the Punjab Government has decided to honour top three students of Cass X with a cash award of Rs 2.25 lakh.
Punjab Education Minister, Sikandar Singh Maluka said that it was for the first time that this kind of initiative was taken by the Government which would be an annual feature for the regular students from Government and private schools affiliated to the Punjab School Education Board, Mohali.
“The board of directors has already sanctioned the amount for three students namely Muskan Verma, a student of Senior Secondary school, Fazilka, who stood first in the Class X result by securing 99.56 per cent marks. Verma would be honoured with a cash price of Rs 1 lakh, followed by Daizy Garg from Spring Dale Public Senior Secondary School, Sangrur, who bagged second position with 98.22 per cent with Rs 75,000 cash award,” he said.
Besides, Charru from GTB Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Malout (Sri Muktsar Sahib), secured third rank with 98 per cent would also be awarded with cash price of Rs 50,000, he added.
Minister has also announced that from now onwards, “these prizes would be given annually and the Government is considering increasing the ambit of this scheme by including at least first 10 students, besides implementing it for Class XII students in all streams”.