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Goa Scholarship Scheme soon: CM

MARGAO, JULY 6 Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Tuesday said the government would soon come out with the Goa Scholarship Scheme to assist students who excel at the national level for IIT, IIM and BITS Pilani.

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Goa Scholarship Scheme soon: CM
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, JULY 6  
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Tuesday said the government would soon come out with the Goa Scholarship Scheme to assist students who excel at the national level for IIT, IIM and BITS Pilani.
He was speaking at a function organised by the Margao Municipal Council to felicitate SSC students from the city schools scoring highest marks in social studies.
“The scheme is not exactly a scholarship, but the government intends to financially assist the students pursuing IIT, IIM and education in BITS Pilani.
“Not only the poor even the middle class cannot afford to pursue professional education. The scheme would work out a way wherein the government bears the cost of hostel charges, equipments and other things”, he said, adding that the Director of Higher Education is working out the modalities of the scheme.
Saying that this is the age of the survival of the fittest, Kamat said merit will be the main criteria in respect of admissions to professional colleges in the future.
Complimenting the Margao Municipal Council for deciding to felicitate SSC students for excelling in social studies, the chief minister advised the students not to forget the parents and teachers who contribute towards their success.
In his address, MMC Chairperson Savio Coutinho said it was decided to felicitate the students excelling in social studies as that would make them aware of the civic responsibility and instill civic sense in them.
“To score in maths and sciences, there are various facilities available for the students, but not in social studies”, Coutinho said, while congratulating 19 students who excelled at the SSC examinations.
The students were felicitated in the presence of their parents and teachers.
 

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