Itanagar, May 28 -- In a significant step towards empowering marginalised communities through education, Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt General (Retd) KT Parnaik on Wednesday awarded scholarships to four meritorious students from the Puroik community in recognition of their academic excellence in the Class X and XII Board examinations.
The recipients -Peter Hally and Chintek Sanjay (Class XII), and Barji Siji and Chintek Mekam (Class X) - were selected for their outstanding academic performance, despite facing socio-economic hardships.
They will each receive Rs 7,000 under the "Governor's Excellent Awards" corpus fund, which was established specifically to support educational advancement of students from the Puroik Welfare Society.
While ...