INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
CM Sindh Murad distributes cash prize among position holder studentsKARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad
Ali Shah has said that around Rs3 billion are being spent on the enrolment, registration and examination fees and cash prize distribution
among the position holders of all the educational boards operating all over Sindh.This he said while speaking at a cash prize distribution
among the position holders of all the educational boards here at the Banquet Hall of the CM House Tuesday.The prize distribution ceremony
was attended by Minister Education Jam Mehtab Dahar, Principal Secretary to CM Sohail Rajput, Additional Chief Secretary (UB) Mohammad
Hussain Syed, Secretary Collages Pervez Seehar, chairman of all the educational boards, educationists and parents of the position holdersThe
chief minister distributed cash prizes of Rs927 million among 145 position holders and 36,157 A-1 graders of all the groups of
matriculations and intermediate examinations of all the educational boards.There are eight educational boards, including Technical Board and
Shaheed Benazirabad board which is scheduled to start functioning from the next year
Some 550,000 students are receiving education higher secondary classes (HSC) while 750,000 are studying in secondary classes (SSC)
The number of students who have obtained A-1 grades in all the boards come to 36157
The chief minister gave a Rs300,000 cash prize to first position holder, Rs200,000 to Second position holder, Rs100,000 to third position
holder and Rs25,000 to each A-1 grader.The BISE Mirpurkhas bagged 21 position holders cash prizes, BISE Sukkur got 39, Larkana 28, Hyderabad
24, BSE Karachi nine and BIE Karachi 24 cash prizes
The chief minister said that when he had taken over as a chief minister he had decided to waive of registration, enrolment and examination
fee and also decided to give cash prizes to the position holders
He congratulated the students, their teachers and parents for receiving cash awards
