DIMAPUR, JULY 2 (MExN): The Rising People’s Party (RPP) has alleged that the top 50 students of HSLC examination 2023 are yet to receive the Chief Minister’s Meritorious Students’ Fellowship (CMMSF) even after a gap of one year.
“NDPP-BJP coalition is not even sparing class 10 students. In a glaring example of hard-working students being victimized, the top 50 students of HSLC examination 2023 are yet to receive the Chief Minister’s Meritorious Students’ Fellowship (CMMSF) even as one year has passed by,” a press release received from the RPP on Tuesday read.
It maintained that as per protocol, the Chief Minister hands over Rs 50,000 each to the top 50 students during the CMMSF programme held every year. However, it expressed shock that the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), which is the final authority to decide as and when the CMMF programme is to be held, is yet to take a decision even after a gap of one year. This turn of events was confirmed by sources in the NBSE/DoSE, the RPP stated.
While surmising that the CMO has adjusted the funds meant for the meritorious students elsewhere, the RPP said this adjustment is not a new phenomenon.
It stated that the story is the same even for Post-Matric Scholarships. “Every year the state Higher Education Minister promises to release the Post-Matric Scholarship on time, but every year he delays the release of funds and is not embarrassed to give concocted justifications for the delay, year after year,” the RPP also alleged.
Accusing the NDPP-BJP coalition has no vision nor priority for the education sector, nor for any other sectors, “except for the construction sector where profits can be made by cronies,” the RPP stated that as long as the “NDPP-BJP priority is on vanity projects like constructing a new rostrum at Kisama at the cost of Rs 52 crore, quality education – and students – will continue to suffer.”
