Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna announced Kamla Nehru award for women whose children score 75 per cent marks or more in their Class X and Class XII board examinations from next year.
Bahuguna said this after presenting the Pt Deendayal Upadhyay State Educational Meritorious Awards 2013 to top 10 rankers each of Uttarakhand Class X and Class XII board exam in a programme held in Dehradun on Thursday.
Schools ranked from 1 to 50 in the class X and Class XII board examinations this year were also awarded with PDUSEMA. The school principals of toppers were also awarded by the Chief Minister. Bahuguna congratulated the students and teachers on the occasion of Children’s Day and declared that mothers of students who have scored over 75 percent marks in the state level board exams will be awarded the Kamla Nehru award. Along with this, Rs 1,000 will also be given.
“The amount of reward money given to the students who are recipients of education merits awards will also be doubled,” he added. He expressed disappointment at students’ poor performance at national level competitions like Indian Administrative Services and others. It was important to ensure that the coming generation had strong values, and that the first school of any child was the family.
He stated that other than keeping an eye on children, it was also important to have a friendly approach. He added that one should make all efforts to enhance the children’s capabilities. They ought to be given the liberty to decide their career on the basis of their interests and potential.
On the occasion, the CM felicitated the students who have passed with merit in the Uttarakhand Class X and Class XII board examinations-2013. The students were Rohit Pant (Vivekananda Inter College, Ranidhara, Almora) who stood first in the Class X boards; Nilesh Bisht (Vivekananda Inter College, Ranidhara, Almora) who stood second and Ayodhya Prasad Bhatt of SPM Inter College, New Tehri who secured third position.
The meritorious students of class-XII, Navdeep Trivedi of MGGSBM, Belni, Rudraprayag; Vaibhav Kandpal of Vivekananda BM Inter College, lohaghat, Champawat, and Mrigendra Manjul of MGGBSM, Rudraprayag who stood first second and third respectively were also awarded.
Bahuguna awarded three schools with Taru Sri Puraskar for their works on environment conservation. These schools are Government Inter College Herbartpur, Janata Inter College Farsali, Bageshwar, Gangotri Gabriyal Government Girls Inter College, Pithoragarh. The group leader Vipin Kumar, student of Government InteR College Gadora, Chamoli was awarded with Rs 5,000 with appreciation letter for the same. Uttarakhand Education Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani said that scholarships and awards encouraged children to move forward with their lives. As such, the State Government was also dedicated to providing students will all necessary facilities.
The top ten rankers of Uttarakhand was awarded with PDUSEMA with a cash prize of Rs 21,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 11,000 along with letter of appreciation while Class X students was awarded with a cash prize of Rs 15,000, Rs 11,000 and Rs 8,000 along with a letter of appreciation. The school education director CS Gwal said that top three rankers of Class X and Class XII board examination have been obtaining more than 95 per cent marks in the last three years.
Present on the occasion were MlAs Ganesh Joshi, Umesh Sharma, Principal Secretary S Raju, Director General Radhika Jha and other education officers.