Tripura government to start 'Super 30' scheme for students aspiring to crack engineering, medical exams
Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath has announced that the government will be starting the Super 30 scheme to help those students financially who are looking forward to cracking engineering and medical entrance exams.
The Tripura government has announced that from this academic year it will start Super 30 scheme. This scheme has been launched with an aim to provide financial support to students who are willing to crack engineering and medical entrance exams.
As per the scheme, 30 students will be selected based on their marks in science subjects during TBSE 10th board examinations. This scheme can be avail by only those candidates who have passed the exam and their annual family income is less than Rs 8 lakhs.
While talking about the scheme, Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath said: "The department has directed Tripura Board of Secondary Education to prepare a list of the students based on their science marks. These selected students will be sponsored by the government to study in renowned coaching institutes of their choice at any place in India. Our education officials would visit the coaching centers twice a year and quarterly review of the students’ performances."
The scheme is expected to have Rs. 72 lakhs per annum expenditure with Rs. 2.40 lakhs for each candidate. In the subsequent year, an estimated amount of Rs. 1.44 crores would be involved in the scheme.
A total of 27,155 candidates appeared in Higher Secondary examinations in 2019 out of whom, 3690 students appeared in the Science stream. The pass percentage of TBSE 12th Board examinations was 80.51 percent while the Science stream recorded 88.85%.
Last year, the Class 10 board results recorded a 64.60 percent pass. In Mathematics, the pass percentage was 69.90 percent and in Science, it was 77.77 percent.
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