new scholarships initiatited by the government as announced by the Sikkim Chief Minister

Gangtok 20^th September: A press conference was held at the Conference Hall of HRDD today wherein the Secretary HRDD briefed the media about the various new scholarships initiatited by the government as announced by the Chief Minister in his review meeting with the HRDD officials and teaching fraternity recently held.

He informed that the government had announced a cash award of Rs. 1, 00,000(Rupees One Lakh) to the students who secure first position, 75,000 (seventy five thousand) for second position and Rs. 50,000 (fifty thousand) in class twelve to the students of all the four streams viz. Science , Commerce, Humanities and vocational streams in the CBSE affiliated Government Schools of the state. Similarly, such cash award in same ratio will also be given to the students of class ten. He also informed the media about the scheme initiated for the local graduates of coaching facilities  for preparation to Union Public Commission and Staff Service Selection Commission Examination. He further informed that the application forms for the said courses can be downloaded from the official website www.sikkimhrdd.org and the last date for submission of application is 29^th October, 2012.

 The Secretary also informed about the government scholarship to the student for PhD Courses who would like to and enroll themselves for research courses in Sikkim related subjects like Education, Health, Food, Habit, Social Science, Culture, Religion, Economics, Politics, Trade, Tourism, Environment, Ecology, Wildlife, Flora/Fauna, Foreign Relations etc. The candidates shall be paid a fellowship grant at the rate of Rs. 6,000/ (Six thousand) only per month plus a contingency grant of Rs. 15000/ (fifteen thousand) per annum for a maximum period of three years or the completion of research study whichever is earlier, the secretary mentioned. Mr. Rao also informed that the department has cleared all pending bills regarding scholarship and is working out to release the pending amount shortly.  He said that the objective of these facilities of the government is to provide opportunities to the students to bring the spirit of knowledge which would be helpful for making their carrier.