Scholarship to produce technical human resource

PHUNGLING: The Pathibhara Yangbarak Rural Municipality in Taplejung district has been providing scholarships to the students studying science in grades 11 and 12.

The rural municipality has been supporting the science students for three years to produce the technical human resources.

The chief of the education section of the rural municipality, Lapsang Tamang, said that the science students from grades 11 and 12 have been provided with the scholarship amount for the past three years.

The rural municipality has also sought applications from the students for scholarships in the current fiscal year.

The students in the rural municipality should visit other places to study science in grades 11 and 12 as there are no colleges to teach science in Pathibhara Yangbarak Rural Municipality.

The education section of the rural municipality said that the students get Rs 20,000 to Rs 60,000 on the basis of students’ obtained marks.

In the running fiscal year, the rural municipality has allocated Rs 500,000 for the scholarship purpose.