Chandigarh : Launching its ambitious project to promote menstrual hygiene, the state government has earmarked Rs 10 crore for providing sanitary napkins to girls from classes VI to XII. Starting this July, the project will benefit approximately 6.64 lakh students of government schools. Giving details, a senior official of the DPI (Senior Secondary), said: “Girls […]
Patiala : Despite drastic drop in the eligibility percentage, a criterion for admission in nine meritorious schools of the state, from 80 to 55 per cent, 296 seats were still vacant till Thursday. Incidentally, all vacant seats are in the boys’ category. The state government has opened meritorious schools in several districts under the “Society […]
Chandigarh : The fate of lakhs of post-matric students from socially backward communities hangs in balance as the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and the Congress government in Punjab spar over the scholarship scheme for SC students. In April, the Union government changed the format of disbursing scholarship by basing it on the last contribution […]