HARYANA DOUBLES GRANT FOR SCHOOL UNIFORMS , 14.61 LAKH STUDENTS TO BENEFIT:
HARYANA DOUBLES GRANT FOR SCHOOL UNIFORMS:
☛ Earlier, a grant of Rs. 400 was given to each student for school uniform from classes 1st to 8th , but now Rs. 800 would be given to each student for school uniform.
☛ CHANDIGARH: The grant for school uniforms in government schools of Haryana has been doubled, a decision that would benefit around 14.61 lakh students, an official spokesman said Wednesday. Earlier, a grant of Rs. 400 was given to each student for school uniform from classes 1st to 8th , but now Rs. 800 would be given to each student for school uniform from classes 1st to 5th and Rs. 1,000 to students from classes 6th to 8th , a Haryana government spokesman said here.
☛ Besides, a Conflict Management and Counselling Cell is being established by the Haryana School Education Department for redressal of disputes pertaining to students, teachers and parents, he said.
☛ According to the spokesman, the School Education Department has distributed 2,300 science kits in government secondary and senior secondary schools in the last two years.
☛ "Apart from this, 8,000 kits have been sent to middle schools. Similarly, mathematics kits are also being given to primary schools for promoting maths subject," he said.
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