Assam Govt To Pay Rs 100 Per Day To Girl Students For Attending School

The Assam government is soon going to offer financial incentives to school and college students so as to encourage  them to attend their classes regularly. Announcing the same in Sivasagar, state education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said girl students will receive Rs 100 for every day they attend school.

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The minister said the Rs 100-a-day scheme will be launched by the end of the current month, but did not speak anything about the details like the financial implications for the government for its implementation.

The minister said an amount of Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000 will be deposited to the bank accounts of undergraduate and postgraduate students respectively by the end of January to help them buy books and other study material.

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We had planned this for last year, but the Covid-19 outbreak prevented us from carrying it out. We wanted to pay money for attending classes to girls in both schools and colleges,” said Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The state government will provide scooters to all girl students who passed in the first division from the state board even if the number crosses a lakh, he said. Scooters will also be provided to all girl students who passed Class 12 examination in the first division in 2018 and 2019.The minister said an amount of Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000 will be deposited to the bank accounts of undergraduate and postgraduate students respectively by the end of January to help them buy books and other study material. The two financial incentive schemes were originally planned for launch last year but had to be deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr Sarma said.