54,481 get scholarships

A total of 54,481 students have won the scholarships of Primary Terminal Examinations this year.

The scholarships were given in two categories -- talent pool and general -- on the basis of results in the exams held in November last year.

Of the students, 21,983 have been selected for talent-pool category while 32,498 for the other category. 

At a press conference yesterday, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman disclosed the list of the scholarships' recipients at his ministry's conference room.

He said the list is available on the Directorate of Primary Education website: www.dpe.gov.bd.

Each recipient under the talent-pool category will get Tk 200 while a general- scholarship winner Tk 150 every month for the next three years.

Monipur High School and College in Dhaka has the highest number of students, 185, who have got the scholarships.

Some 26,28,083 students passed the Primary Terminal Examinations of 2014 with 2,24,411 achieving GPA-5.

In 2009, the government, in place of the scholarship exams, introduced the public exam for the class V students.