Sindh CM distributes 145 cash prizes among position holder students

Murad Ali Shah urges teachers, parents, boards and civil society to join hands to eradicate copy culture

KARACHI: Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah said that around Rs3 billion is being spent on the enrolment, registration and examination fees and cash prize distribution among the position holders of all educational boards operating across Sindh.

This he said while speaking at a cash prize distribution among the position holders of all educational boards at the banquet hall of CM House on Tuessday. The prize distribution ceremony was attended by Education Minister Jam Mehtab Dahar, Principal Secretary to the CM Sohail Rajput, Universities and Boards Additional Chief Secretary Muhammad Hussain Syed, Colleges Secretary Pervez Seehar, the chairman of all the educational boards, educationists and parents of the position holders.

The CM distributed cash prizes worth Rs927 million among 145 position holders and 36,157 A-1 graders of all the groups of matriculation and intermediate examinations of all education boards.



There are eight education boards, including the Technical Board and Shaheed Benazirabad Board, which is scheduled to start functioning from next year.

Some 550,000 students are receiving higher secondary classes education, while 750,000 are studying in secondary classes. The number of students who have obtained A-1 grades in all the boards stands at 36,157.

The CM gave a Rs300,000 cash prize to each first position holder, Rs200,000 to the second, Rs100,000 to the third and Rs25,000 to each A-1 grader.

The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Mirpurkhas bagged 21 position holder cash prizes, BISE, Sukkur got 39, Larkana 28, Hyderabad 24, while Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi got 24 cash prizes.



The CM said that when he had taken charge as the chief minister, he had decided to waive registration, enrolment and examination fee and give cash prizes to the position holders. The overall enrolment, examination and registration fees cost comes to over Rs1.76 billion to the government, while cash prizes worth Rs927 million were released.
Shah said he was happy to see a large number of position holders and A-1 graders sitting under the roof of CM House. "You are the future of our nation and I am sure one day you will achieve excellence in different fields," he said, congratulating the students, their teachers and parents for receiving cash awards.

"Keep it up and I am sure you will also achieve the highest prizes in your further educational activities," he told the students.

The CM said he was working hard to improve the educational standard in the province. "One day, our students, particularly of the public sector educational institutes, will compete internationally," he said, adding that to achieve this excellence, the teachers, parents, boards and civil society have to join hands to eradicate the copy culture.



The education minister also spoke on the occasion and congratulated the position holders and urged the A-1 graders to work hard to achieve positions in their next examination.

Just after the distribution of cash prizes, the CM took selfies with the prize recipients.